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dc.contributor.authorAmundsen, Inge
dc.date.accessioned2008-02-29T07:52:34Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-29T09:12:13Z
dc.date.available2008-02-29T07:52:34Z
dc.date.available2017-03-29T09:12:13Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.identifier.isbn82-90584-40-7
dc.identifier.issn0804-3639
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2435773
dc.description.abstractCorruption is generally defined as the misuse of public authority, and political corruption is here defined as corruption in which the political decision-makers are involved. In addition to a review of the various definitions of corruption a classification of the various forms of corruption (bribery, embezzlement, fraud and extortion), this paper presents two alternative theories on corruption ("extractive" and "redistributive") in order to illustrate the effects of corruption in various regime types. Furthermore, the paper presents some causes and effects of corruption, in particular in economic and political terms. Finally, there various sources of anti-corruption initiatives and endowment are discussed. Even when the effect of democratisation in curtailing corruption is not too strong according to the possible source of corruption).
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherChr. Michelsen Institute
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCMI Working paper
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWP 1999: 7
dc.subjectCorruption
dc.subjectPolitical corruption
dc.subjectNeo-patriomonialism
dc.subjectDemocratisation
dc.titlePolitical Corruption: An Introduction to the Issues
dc.typeWorking paper


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