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Corruption by Design
Melanie Manion
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Description for Corruption by Design
Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 line illustrations, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
This book contrasts experiences of mainland China and Hong Kong to explore the pressing question of how governments can transform a culture of widespread corruption to one of clean government. Melanie Manion examines Hong Kong as the best example of the possibility of reform. Within a few years it achieved a spectacularly successful conversion to clean government. Mainland China illustrates the difficulty of reform. Despite more than two decades of anticorruption reform, corruption in China continues to spread essentially unabated.
The book argues that where corruption is already commonplace, the context in which officials and ordinary citizens make choices ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674014862
SKU
V9780674014862
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About Melanie Manion
Melanie Manion is Professor of Public Affairs and Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Reviews for Corruption by Design
Corruption by Design provides an excellent analysis of how officials in Hong Kong and mainland China have reacted to widespread corruption. Manion argues persuasively that strategies of reform must include enforcement, education, and institutional design. Her work brings together a huge amount of original material on mainland China and it is the most thorough examination of corruption in that country ... Read more