Research Article
Year 2015,
Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 47 - 65, 01.06.2015
Abstract
The concept of corruption is generally used to mean all actions and behaviors constituting bribery, embezzlement, favoritism etc. It is important to note that, “corruption” is the name given to the certain types of corruption (mainly; bribery, embezzlement, favoritism), which has political characteristics. Political corruption has a wider meaning than corruption. In other words, political corruption is an umbrella concept which also includes corruption. This paper explores political corruption, the abuse of public office for private gain. The goal of this paper is to provide the terminology and especially typology of political corruption.
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Year 2015,
Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 47 - 65, 01.06.2015
Abstract
References
- Ades, Alberto and Rafael Di Tella. 1996. "Causes and Consequences of Corruption: A Review of Empirical Contributions." IDS Bulletin: Liberalization and the New Corruption 27, 2 (April): 6-11. Aktan, Coşkun Can. Politik Yozlaşma ve Kleptokrasi, İstanbul: Afa Yayınları 1992. Aktan, Coşkun Can.“Siyasal Patoloji ve Siyasal Yozlaşma”, Yeni Türkiye, Mart-Nisan 1997. Alam, M.S. 1990. "Some Economic Costs of Corruption." The Journal of Development Studies 27, 1 (October): 89-97. Andvig, Jens Chr. and Karl Ove Moene. 1990. "How Corruption may Corrupt." The Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (13): 63-76. Bardhan, Pranab. 1997. "Corruption and Development: A Review of Issues." Journal of Economic Literature 35 (Sept): 1320-1346. Available at the Joint Library. Berkman, Ümit. Azgelişmiş Ülkelerde Kamu Yönetiminde Yolsuzluk ve Rüşvet, Ankara, TODAİE Yayını, 1983. Cartier-Bresson, Jean. 1997. "The Economics of Corruption." In Democracy and Corruption in Europe, 148-165. Edited by Donatella Della Porta and Yves Mény. London: Pinter. Charlick, Robert B. 1993. "Corruption in Political Transition: A Governance Perspective." Corruption and Reform 7, (3): 177-187. Elliot, Kimberly Ann, ed. 1997. Corruption and the Global Economy, Washington DC: Institute for International Economics. Friedrich, C. J. Political Pathology. The Political Quarterly 37.1966. p.74 Heidenheimer, Arnold J., Michael Johnston, and Victor T. LeVine, eds.. 1997 (Fourth edition). Political Corruption: A Handbook. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers. James, Wilmont. 1996. "Parliamentary Ethics and Government Corruption: Playing with Public Trust." Public Opinion Service Reports 3 (February). Johnston, Michael. "Patrons and Clients, Jobs and Machines: A Case Study of the Uses of Patronage." American Political Science Review 73(2): 1979. Johnston, Michael. 1986. "The Political Consequences of Corruption: A Reassessment," Comparative Politics, July. Johnston, Michael, 1996. "The Search for Definitions: The Vitality of Politics and the Issue of Corruption." International Social Science Journal: Corruption in Western Democracies 149 (September): 321-336. Johnston, Michael. 1998. "Cross-Border Corruption: Points of Vulnerability and Challenges of Reform," in Corruption and Integrity Improvement Initiatives in Developing Countries, New York: United Nations Development Programme, pp.13-23. Khan, Mushtaq. 1988. Controlling Corruption. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. Khan, Mushtaq. 1996. "A Typology of Corrupt Practices in Developing Countries." IDS Bulletin: Liberalization and the New Corruption 27, 2 (April): 12-21. Klitgaard, Robert. 1988. Controlling Corruption, Los Angeles: University of California Press. Konrad, K.A. and S. Skaperdas. 1998. "Extortion," Economica, 65:461-477. Kramer, J.M. 1998. "The Politics of Corruption," Current History 97:329-334. Kurer, Oskar. 1993. "Clientelism, Corruption, and the Allocation of Resources." Public Choice 77, (2): 259-273. Leiken, Robert S. 1996-1997. "Controlling the Global Corruption Epidemic." Foreign Policy 105 (Winter): 55-73 Lui, Francis T. 1996. "Three Aspects of Corruption." Contemporary Economic Policy 14 (July): 26-29. Mauro, Paolo. 1995. "Corruption and Growth." The Quarterly Journal of Mauro, Paolo. 1997. "Why Worry About Corruption?" Economic Issues 6. Washington: IMF. Mauro, P. 1998. "Corruption and the Composition of Government Expenditure," Journal of Public Economics 69:263-279. Moody-Stuart, George. 1997. Grand Corruption: How Business Bribes Damage Developing Countries, Oxford: WorldView Publications. Murphy, Kevin M., Andrei Schleifer, and Robert Vishny. 1993. "Why is Rent-Seeking So Costly to Growth." The American Economic Review 83, 2 (May): 409-414. Noonan, John T. 1984. Bribes. Berkeley, Los Angeles: University of California Press. Nye, J.S. Corruption and Political Development A Cost-Benefit Analysis; The Study of Corruption in Less Developed Countries. American Political Science Review, LXI (2) (June), 1967. Perry, Peter John. 1997. Political Corruption and Political Geography, Aldershot, Hants.: Ashgate. Pieth, Mark. 1999. International Efforts to Combat Corruption, Basel. Posner, Richard A. 1975. "The Social Costs of Monopoly and Regulation. Journal of Political Economy 83 (4): 807-827. Przeworski, Adam and Fernando Limongi. 1993. "Political Regimes and Economic Growth." Journal of Economic Perspectives 7, 3 (Summer): 51-69. Riley, Stephen P. 1993. "Post-Independence Anti-Corruption Strategies and Contemporary Effects of Democratization." Corruption and Reform 7 (3): 249-261. Robertson, K.G. . Public Secrets -A Study in the Development of Government Secrecy-, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982. Rose-Ackerman, Susan. 1978. Corruption: A Study in Political Economy, New York: Academic Press. Rose-Ackerman, Susan. 1978. The Political Economy of Corruption. New York: Academic Press. Rose-Ackerman, Susan. 1994. "Reducing Bribery in the Public Sector," in Trang, Duc V., ed., 1994. Corruption & Democracy, Budapest: Institute for Constitutional and Legislative Policy, pp. 21-28. Rose-Ackerman, Susan. 1996. "Democracy and ‘Grand’ Corruption." International Social Science Journal: Corruption in Western Democracies 149 (September): 365-380. Rose-Ackerman, Susan. 1996. "The Political Economy of Corruption - Causes and Consequences." Viewpoint 74 (April). Rose-Ackerman, Susan. 1997. "The Political Economy of Corruption." In Corruption and the Global Economy, 31-60. Edited by Kimberly Ann Elliot. Washington: The Institute for International Economics. Rose-Ackerman, Susan. 1998. "Corruption and the Global Economy," in Corruption and Integrity Improvement Initiatives in Developing Countries, New York: United Nations Development Programme, pp. 25-43. Rose-Ackerman, Susan. 1999. Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences and Reform, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Sandholtz, W. and W. Koetzle. 2000. "Accounting for Corruption: Economic Structure, Democracy, and Trade", International Studies Quarterly 44:31-50. Schleifer, Andrei and Robert W. Vishney. 1993. Stanbury, William T. & Jane Fulton, "Suasion as a Governing Instrument" in: Allan M. Maslowe (Ed.), How Ottowa Spends, Toronto: The New Agenda, 1984. Tanzi, Vito. 1995. "Corruption, Governmental Activities, and Markets." Finance and Development (December): 24-26. Tanzi, Vito. 2000. Policies, Institutions and the Dark Side of Economics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Tullock, Gordon. 1996. "Corruption Theory and Practice." Contemporary Economic Policy 14 (July): 6-13. Trang, Duc V. ed., 1994. Corruption & Democracy. Budapest: Institute for Constitutional and Legislative Policy. Transparency International (TI).1993. "Corruption: The Abuse of Public Office for Personal Benefit: A Country-Based Approach to Combating Corruption" in Memoranda Presented to the 1993 Commonwealth Law Ministers' Meeting, Part 2, London: Commonwealth Secretariat. Treisman, D. 2000. "The Causes of Corruption: A Cross-National Study," Journal of Public Economics 76:399-457. United Nations Development Programme. 1997. Corruption and Good Governance. Discussion Paper 3. Management Development and Governance Division. New York: UNDP, July. Van Rijckeghem and Beatrice Weder. 1997. "Corruption and the Rate of Temptation: Do Low Wages in the Civil Service Cause Corruption?" IMF Working Paper WP/97/73. World Bank. 1997. Helping Countries Combat Corruption: The Role of the World Bank: Report by the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) Network. Washington DC: World Bank.
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