Corruption is often defined as misuse of a position of power for personal gain. And while corruption in politics is nothing new, it isn’t limited to the political sphere; it can happen in schools, sports, businesses, or religious institutions. So, what exactly is corruption, and what can ...
How do Voters Evaluate Political Corruption? Gap Between External and Internal Perceptions of Political Corruption Among African CountriesFujiwara, Tetsuya
Political fixer Wayne LeGette inveigles newcomer Paul Wong amid a career-ending scandal in Warrior Class at Boca Stage / Photos by Amy Pasquantonio By Bill Hirschman Reading today’s headlines about corruption – whether it’s a new politician seduced into the quagmire, or the machinations of ...
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In his book"The Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy, 1865-1915,"historian Jon Grinspan, curator of political history at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, writes about how today's hyper-partisan and violent political discourse is not so different fro...
to come through public dialogue and an honest effort to put our country back on course to provide at least some vestige of what used to be called theAmerican Dream. The amount of government corruption on state and federal levels is so ingrained in our political process that I'll pass ...
international norms thwarting terrorist financing.14The U.N. added AML provisions to address money laundering associated with drug trafficking in the 1998 Vienna Convention, with international organized crime in the 2001 Palermo Convention, and with political corruption in the 2005 Meridian Convention.14...
Federalism refers to a political system that delegates certain powers to local or provincial bodies. In a federalist system, local governments may have their own legislature, courts, tax authority, and other functions of government. In some cases, they may also have the power to secede from the...
since the knowledge used to enact their decisions is to some degree inaccessible or not understandable to the general public. This creates a situation where there can be a high risk of self-dealing, collusion, corruption, and cronyism. Economic problems such asrent-seeking, rent-extraction, or...
We investigate the role that incomplete information with respect to the intrinsic moral cost of one's potential corruption partner plays out in his or her propensity to engage in bribery, and, consequently, the equilibrium level of corruption in the society. We assume that the cost of engaging ...