Johnston Michael. Syndromes of Corruption: Wealth, Power, and Democracy

Cambridge University Press, 2005. — 282 p.Corruption is a threat to democracy and economic development in many societies. It arises in the ways people pursue, use and exchange wealth and power, and in the strength or weakness of the state, political and social institutions that sustain and restrain those processes. Differences in these factors, Michael Johnston argues, give rise to four major syndromes of corruption: Influence Markets, Elite Cartels, Oligarchs and Clans, and Official Moguls. Johnston uses statistical measures to identify societies in each group, and case studies to show that the expected syndromes do arise.List of figures
List of tablesWealth, power, and corruption
The international setting: power, consensus, and policy
Participation, institutions, and syndromes of corruption
Influence Markets: influence for rent, decisions for sale lilite
Cartels: how to buy friends and govern people
Oligarchs and Clans: we are family - and you're not
Official Moguls: reach out and squeeze someone
From analysis to reform
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