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
to transact corruptly (or not) is crucially different from that in
which corrupt practices are uncommon. A central feature of this
difference is the role of beliefs about the prevalence of
corruption and the reliability of government as an enforcer of
rules ostensibly constraining official venality. Anticorruption
reform in a setting of widespread corruption is a problem not only
of reducing corrupt payoffs, but also of changing broadly shared
expectations of venality. The book explores differences in
institutional design choices about anticorruption agencies,
appropriate incentive structures, and underlying constitutional
designs that contribute to the disparate outcomes in Hong Kong and
mainland China.
General
| Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
November 2004 |
| First published: |
November 2004 |
| Authors: |
Melanie Manion
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
296 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-01486-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
0-674-01486-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780674014862 |
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(7)
(1)
