Democracy, Inequality and Corruption: Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines Compared

ISBN-13: 9781107435322 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 308 str.

Jong-Sung You

Opis

In this comparative, historical survey of three East-Asian countries, Jong-sung You explores how inequality hinders democratic control of corruption.

Recenzje

'… this book brilliantly synthesises various theoretical insights into a coherent framework. It represents a major contribution to the study of political corruption in Asia. And given its contextual richness and theoretical innovation, this work should become standard reading for every student interested in political corruption and economic inequality.' Eric Chang, Journal of Contemporary Asia

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: the puzzles, arguments and methodology; 2. Democracy, inequality and corruption: theory and hypotheses; 3. Corruption in Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines: relative levels, trends and possible explanations; 4. The genesis of inequality, land reforms and path dependence; 5. Elections, clientelism and political corruption; 6. Bureaucracy, patronage and bureaucratic corruption; 7. Industrial policy, capture and corporate corruption; 8. Cross-national evidence for generalizability; 9. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.