Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
List of Tables and Figures Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Introduction; J.L.Newell & M.J.Bull PART ONE: 'QUITE CORRUPT' COUNTRIES Political Corruption in Spain; F.Jimin z & M.Cainzos Political Corruption in Greece; K.S.Koutsoukis Political Corruption in Italy; J.L.Newell & M.J.Bull PART TWO: 'SOMEWHAT CORRUPT' COUNTRIES Political Corruption in Germany; J.McKay Political Corruption in the United States; R.Williams Political Corruption in France; J.A.J.Evans Political Corruption in Belgium; L.de Winter Political Corruption in Japan; A.Rothacher Political Corruption in Portugal; J.M.Magone PART THREE: 'LEAST CORRUPT' COUNTRIES Political Corruption in Sweden; S.Andersson Political Corruption in the Netherlands; P.van Duyne, L.W.J.C.Huberts & H.van den Heuvel Political Corruption in Ireland; N.Collins & M.O'Shea Political Corruption in the United Kingdom; A.Doig PART FOUR: COMPARATIVE, SUPRA-NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES Political Corruption in Central and Eastern Europe; L.Holmes International Corruption; J.C.Andvig Political Corruption in the European Union; D.Nelken Conclusion: Political Corruption in Contemporary Democracies; M.J.Bull & J.L.Newell
Synopsis
Political corruption has recently emerged as a key area in the study of advanced industrial nations. Not only has it become more visible than in the past, its sheer scale in some countries has had a significant impact on the functioning of their political institutions. Martin Bull and James Newell have assembled a group of experts to address the importance of this phenomenon for contemporary Western democracies - as well as for the new democracies of Eastern Europe, for the European Union and at the international level.