Corruption, Development and Underdevelopment
Published on 8. December 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-333-53154-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book aims to probe behind impressions asking first of all what corruption is, what factors lie behind its apparently non-problematic status in "modern" societies, and why these factors appear to be absent in underdeveloped countries. The book emphasizes the global character of corruption and the necessity of locating the phenomenon within a broader process of social and economic change. The book concludes that not only are the prospects for controlling corruption in the Third World extremely bleak, but that the abuse of public authority is likely to become more of a problem in developed countries than it has been for the past half- century.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
280 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-53154-9 (9780333531549)
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Content
What is corruption?; public interest; public opinion; Western bias?; ethical problems; personalism within modern bureaucracies; a legalistic definition? Part 2 The emergence of modern public administration: patrimonialism; from patrimonial to rational-legal administration; sale of offices; training. Part 3 Corruption in developed societies: clientage in decline; the rediscovery of patrimonialism; patrimonialism and corruption in DCs. Part 4 Corruption in underdeveloped societies: underdevelopment and the state; patriomonialism in UDCs; why is patrimonialism more apparent in UDCs?; patrimonialism and corruption in UDCs. Part 5 Is corruption a problem?: benefits; costs. Part 6 Can corruption be controlled?: purges and campaigns; legal-administrative measures; depoliticization; moral re-armement; accountability; privatization. Part 7 Corruption, development and de-development - the re-privatization of the state?.