Recent years have seen an unprecedented rise in interest in the topic of corruption, resulting in a rising demand for suitable teaching materials. This edited collection brings together two different approaches to the study of corruption — the first represented by a large, practically-oriented literature devoted to identifying the c

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Publisher

ANU Press

Year

2012

ISBN

9781921862991

Edition

Topic

Politics & International Relations

Subtopic

Politics

Index

Politics & International Relations

Preliminary
Contributors
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: How should we think about corruption? Barry Hindess
2. Aristotle on Legality and Corruption. Richard Mulgan
3. To Corrupt: The ambiguity of the language of corruption in ancient Athens. Arlene W. Saxonhouse
4. Rule by Natural Reason: Late Medieval and early Renaissance conceptions of political corruption. Manuhuia Barcham
5. Changing Contours of Corruption in Western Political Thought, c. 1200–1700. Bruce Buchan
6. Ideas of Corruption in the Eighteenth Century: The competing conceptions of Adam Ferguson and Adam Smith. Lisa Hill
7. Corruption, Development, Chaos and Social Disorganisation: Sociological reflections on corruption and its social basis. John Clammer
8. Professionalising Corruption? Investigating professional ethics for politicians. John Uhr
9. Corruption and the Concept of Culture: Evidence from the Pacific Islands. Peter Larmour