Corruption in the Contemporary World

Jonathan Mendilow chairs the Research Committee on Political Finance & Political Corruption of the International Political Science Association and the Department of Political Science at Rider University.Ilan Peleg is Charles A. Dana Professor of Government and Law at Lafayette College and adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC.

This book presents a variety of perspectives on the phenomenon of political and economic corruption-and the link between them-through focused and theoretical analysis. While grounded in the intellectual tradition of classical writers such as Edmund Burke, the volume presents an updated profile of corrupted practices in the contemporary world.

Chapter 1: Introduction: Edmund¿s Burke¿s Concept of Corruption and BeyondJonathan Mendilow and Ilan PelegChapter 2: The Meaning of Corruption in World OpinionFrank Louis RuscianoChapter 3: The Shifting Landscape of Corruption in America: Legal Corruption, Systemic Corruption or a New FormBarry SeldesChapter 4: Can Public Funding and Citizen United Coexist?Robert G. BoatrightChapter 5: Corruption and the Arab Spring: Comparing the Pre- and Post-Spring SituationIlan Peleg and Jonathan MendilowChapter 6:Ancient Democracy and the Modern Era: Why is Corruption so Common These Days?Rebecca R. FiskeChapter 7: The Austrian Way: Neo-Corporatism and Neoliberal CorruptionBarbara Franz and Jürgen PfefferChapter 8: Corruptible Competition: Power Nodes, Corruption, and SleazeMichael J. BroganChapter 9: Tackling Corruption, finally? How Domestic and Supranational Factors have Led to Incremental Policy Change in ItalyDaniela R. Piccio, Fabrizio Di Mascio, and Alessandro NataliniChapter 10: Corruption Perception and Collective Action: The Case of SpainManuel Villoria, Fernando Jiménez-Sánchez and Ana RevueltaChapter 11: State Capitalism and Corruption: The Case of ChinaJacob Sprague WhiteChapter 12: Anthropological Approaches to Corruption: Globalizing Processes & Case StudiesRoberta Fiske-Rusciano