1 Welcome, and What Is Corruption? Concepts and Definitions

Lecture

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Reading

Nye, Joseph S. (1967). “Corruption and Political Development: A Cost-Benefit Analysis.” American Political Science Review, 61(2), 417–427. (PDF EN/ES) Required.

Johnston, Michael (2005). Syndromes of Corruption: Wealth, Power, and Democracy. Cambridge University Press. Read the Preface and Chapter 1, “Wealth, Power, and Corruption.” (PDF EN/ES) Required.

Philp, Mark (1997). “Defining Political Corruption.” Political Studies, 45(3), 436–462. (PDF EN/ES) Recommended.

Thompson, Dennis F. (2018). “Theories of Institutional Corruption.” Annual Review of Political Science, 21, 495–513. (PDF EN/ES) Recommended.