This book aims to probe behind impressions asking first of all what corruption is, what factors lie behind its apparently non-problematic status in "modern" societies, and why these factors appear to be absent in underdeveloped countries. The book emphasizes the global character of corruption and the necessity of locating the phenomenon within a broader process of social and economic change. The book concludes that not only are the prospects for controlling corruption in the Third World extremely bleak, but that the abuse of public authority is likely to become more of a problem in developed countries than it has been for the past half- century.
- ISBN10 0822310449
- ISBN13 9780822310440
- Publish Date 1 August 1990 (first published 8 December 1989)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Duke University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 202
- Language English