Corruption  (tagged articles)

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The Changing Arena of Power Contestation Between the State and Chaebols in South Korea: Democracy and the Ascent of Legal Institutions

Tan A. Seng - The growth of the South Korean economy has often been attributed to the rise of Chaebols, or family owned businesses with wide-ranging conglomeratelike economic interests. The embeddedness of the Chaebol in Korea's political economy has allowed them to emerge as a... Keep Reading »
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How Have Corruption Scandals and President Roussef's Impeachment in Brazil Impacted its Economy?

Flvia Bedicks - In 2009, Brazil was in the path to become a superpower. Immune to the economic crises of 2008, the country's economy benefitted from the commodity boom, achieving a growth rate of 7.5 per cent in 2010, when Rousseff was elected. A few years later, nonetheless, Brazil... Keep Reading »

State Failure in the South Pacific and Southeast Asia: The Importance of Australia's Response for National and Regional Stability

David A. Smith - The occurrence of state failure is an important concern for Australia as it pertains to the security and stability of the broader region (Ezrow & Frantz 2013, pp. 16-17). Rotberg (2003, p. 1) defines state failure as the result of internal violence and corruption... Keep Reading »
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Angola, 1990-2000: Oil, Democracy, and a "Successful Failed State"

Eric Wilcox - Four decades after independence from Portugal, Angola remains a country with significant barriers to good governance and social development. Although the state's constitution established a multiparty democracy in the early 1990s, measures of high poverty and low state... Keep Reading »

China and India in Africa: Implications of New Private Sector Actors on Bribe Paying Incidence

Sankalp Gowda - This paper seeks to address one of the most common critiques of Asian firms doing business in Africa: that low levels of corporate governance and poor managerial practices have undermined anti-corruption efforts throughout the continent. The paper first details and... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Corruption is tagged in the following 14 articles.

Political Economy
2017, Vol. 11 No. 1
The Changing Arena of Power Contestation Between the State and Chaebols in South Korea: Democracy and the Ascent of Legal Institutions
By Tan A. Seng
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
The growth of the South Korean economy has often been attributed to the rise of Chaebols, or family owned businesses with wide-ranging conglomeratelike economic interests. The embeddedness of the Chaebol in Korea's political economy has allowed... Read Article »
South Korea Chaebols Democratization Political Economy Corruption
Political Economy
2017, Vol. 7 No. 2
How Have Corruption Scandals and President Roussef's Impeachment in Brazil Impacted its Economy?
By Flvia Bedicks
Published by Clocks and Clouds
In 2009, Brazil was in the path to become a superpower. Immune to the economic crises of 2008, the country's economy benefitted from the commodity boom, achieving a growth rate of 7.5 per cent in 2010, when Rousseff was elected. A few years later... Read Article »
Political Economy Brazil Corruption South America
Comparative Politics
2016, Vol. 8 No. 06
State Failure in the South Pacific and Southeast Asia: The Importance of Australia's Response for National and Regional Stability
By David A. Smith
The occurrence of state failure is an important concern for Australia as it pertains to the security and stability of the broader region (Ezrow & Frantz 2013, pp. 16-17). Rotberg (2003, p. 1) defines state failure as the result of internal violence... Read Article »
Failed States International Relations State Failure Regional Stability Australia South Pacific Corruption Democracy
Comparative Politics
2016, Vol. 9 No. 2
Angola, 1990-2000: Oil, Democracy, and a "Successful Failed State"
By Eric Wilcox
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
Four decades after independence from Portugal, Angola remains a country with significant barriers to good governance and social development. Although the state's constitution established a multiparty democracy in the early 1990s, measures of high... Read Article »
Angola Sub-Saharan Africa African Politics Resource Curse Democracy Failed States Corruption Oil
International Development
2015, Vol. 2 No. 1
China and India in Africa: Implications of New Private Sector Actors on Bribe Paying Incidence
By Sankalp Gowda
Published by The Developing Economist
This paper seeks to address one of the most common critiques of Asian firms doing business in Africa: that low levels of corporate governance and poor managerial practices have undermined anti-Corruption efforts throughout the continent. The paper... Read Article »
China India Africa China-Africa Relations Foreign Direct Investment Corruption Bribe Paying International Development
Comparative Politics
2016, Vol. 8 No. 03
The Resource Curse in Nigeria: Comparing the Security of Offshore and Onshore Oil Production
By Mary L. Kleinpeter
Developing states with large natural resource industries have an inclination to become over-reliant on one source of capital, causing other industries to fail, promoting Corruption, and stimulating crime. Nigeria is one such case, as their booming... Read Article »
Sub-Saharan Africa Resource Curse Nigeria Oil Corruption State-Building Weak States International Development
Comparative Politics
2015, Vol. 7 No. 07
Corruption and Graft in Post-Conflict Afghanistan
By Parag R. Dharmavarapu
With the departure of international forces and the exit of Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan has entered a new age. While Afghanistan’s GDP has quintupled to $20 billion since 2002, the war-torn country remains one of the world’s most impoverished... Read Article »
Afghanistan Corruption Graft Economic Development
Political Economy
2014, Vol. 6 No. 10
Inequality and Corruption: Drivers of Tunisia's Revolution
By Dor Srebernik
In July 2013, a general strike and mass demonstrations erupted in Tunisia after Mohamed Brahmi, an opposition leader to the democratically elected Islamist Ennahda party, was assassinated. Under public pressure, and with the facilitation of the... Read Article »
Middle East Tunisia Arab Spring Inequality Corruption Revolution Protest
Environmental Politics
2014, Vol. 6 No. 01
The Chinese Pollution Problem and the Politics of "Airpocalypse"
By Vikrant Bhatnagar
In 1992 during his famed Southern Trip, Deng Xiaoping, the paramount leader of the Communist Party of China, proclaimed that "To Get Rich Is Glorious[1]." This slogan ignited the economic revolution in China. It is through this very notion of economic... Read Article »
China Chinese Politics Pollution Environmental Degradation Bureaucracy Corruption Energy Coal
Corruption
2013, Vol. 3 No. 1
Who is King of Sarawak's Rainforest? An Insight to Sarawak's Land Corruption Led by its Chief Minister and His Family
By Tisha Raj
Published by Earth Common Journal
Malaysia's 13th General Elections were hopes of many to be the turning point of change, breaking Barisan Nasional's (BN or National Front) 56 years of governance. BN in recent years had been plagued with allegations of Corruption and cronyism. Land... Read Article »
Forests Rainforests Conservation Sustainability Malaysia Borneo Sarawak Corruption Taib Mahmud
Drug Trafficking
2013, Vol. 3 No. 1
Busted by the Feds? Government Corruption and Drug Trafficking
By Erica Thomas
Published by Clocks and Clouds
The international drug trade and the power of drug cartels have perplexed both analysts and policy makers for years. As drug production and trade grow, cartels have climbed to unthinkable heights of power and, in some cases, have crippled governments... Read Article »
Drug Trafficking Cartels Organized Crime Corruption Governance
China
2013, Vol. 5 No. 04
Corruption Driven Reform: China's Economic Reforms in the Post-Mao Period
By Duy D. Trinh
Corruption is damaging in almost every economic aspect, but it can play a crucial role in the dynamics of political changes and reforms. Examination of Corruption’s effect in the economic reforms of China during the 1980s reveals that Corruption... Read Article »
China Corruption Reform Political Change Development Clientelism Deng Xiaoping Economic Reform
Social Services
2012, Vol. 4 No. 05
The Political Returns of Philanthropy: The Case of Tammany Hall
By Robin S. Kigel
New York’s 1827 mayoral election was the harbinger for a new era in politics. Tammany Hall—New York’s democratic political machine—suborned thousands of immigrants to vote for the pro-Tammany ticket. With cartloads of Irish... Read Article »
Philanthropy Tammany Hall Women's Christian Temperance Union Social Services Corruption Insurgency
Africa
2010, Vol. 2 No. 04
Major Development Challenges Facing the Republic of Angola: Completing the Democratic Transition and Making Government Work
By Dustin R. Turin
Angola today is framed by a history of violent conflict that has left the population far behind on all major indicators. Lacking a democratic culture, the country faces two significant challenges: first, the challenge of completing a long-stalled... Read Article »
Angola Democracy Corruption Sub-Saharan Africa Civil War Land Mines International Development

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