ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF CORRUPTION IN ASIA
Corruption in Asia ranges from the venal rent-seeking of local officials to the million-dollar bribes received by corrupt politicians; from excessive position-related consumption to future job offers in the private sector for compliant public servants; from money-laundering to white elephant projects that do little more than line the pockets of developers and their political partners.
The Routledge Handbook of Corruption in Asia addresses the theories, issues and trends in corruption and anticorruption reform that have emerged from this diverse experience. The book is divided into four major parts: corruption and the state; corruption and economic development; corruption and society; and controlling corruption: strategies, successes and failures. Chapters compare and contrast corruption in different social and institutional contexts, examine both successful and unsuccessful attempts to control it, and consider what lessons can be drawn from these Asian experiences.
This academically rigorous and insightful book will be of interest to a wide range of students and scholars, particularly those of Asian studies, politics and sociology.
Ting Gong is Professor in the Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong.
Ian Scott is Visiting Professor in the Department of Public Policy at the City University of Hong Kong and Emeritus Professor at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia.
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Names: Gong, Ting, 1955- editor. | Scott, Ian, 1943- editor. | Container of (work): Scott, Ian, 1943- Institutional corruption and the state in Asia.
Title: Routledge handbook of corruption in Asia / edited by Ting Gong and Ian Scott.
Description: New York: Routledge, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016027657| ISBN 9781138860162 (hardback) | ISBN 9781315716732 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: CorruptionAsia. | Political corruptionAsia.
Classification: LCC HV6771.A758 R68 2017 | DDC 364.1/323095dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016027657
ISBN: 978-1-138-86016-2 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-71673-2 (ebk)
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