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Syndromes of Corruption: Wealth, Power, and Democracy

By Michael Johnston

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
0521853346, 9780521853347, 0521618592, 9780521618595, 0511135343, 9780511135347
Open Library ID
OL7766780M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2107113 bytes)
Pages
282\283
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Corruption is a threat to democracy and economic development in many societies. It arises in the ways people pursue, use and exchange wealth and power, and in the strength or weakness of the state, political and social institutions that sustain and restrain those processes. Differences in these factors, Michael Johnston argues, give rise to four major syndromes of corruption: Influence Markets, Elite Cartels, Oligarchs and Clans, and Official Moguls. Johnston uses statistical measures to identify societies in each group, and case studies to show that the expected syndromes do arise.

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