1st Edition

Routledge Handbook of Corruption in Asia

Edited By Ting Gong, Ian Scott Copyright 2017
360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

360 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Corruption in Asia ranges from the venal rent-seeking of local officials to the million-dollar bribes received by corrupt politicians; from excessive position-related consumption to future job offers in the private sector for compliant public servants; from money-laundering to ‘white elephant’ projects that do little more than line the pockets of developers and their political partners. The... Read more

1. Introduction



Part I: Corruption and the State



2. Institutional corruption and the state in Asia



3. Corruption networks in China: an institutional analysis



4. Two steps forward, one step backwards: Indonesia’s winding (anti-) corruption journey



5. "Normal" corruption in Japan



6. Rule making and rule breaking: electoral corruption in East Asia



Part II: Corruption and Economic Development



7. Corruption in Asia: trust and economic development



8. Corruption and inequality in Asiau



9. Corruption and procurement in Asian states



10. Bribes and taxes: spatially concentrated or randomly distributed? Evidence from three sources of firm level data in Vietnam



11. Regulatory capture as a two-way street: Hong Kong small and medium enterprises in the Pearl River Delta



Part III: Corruption and Society



12. Thinking about corruption as though people mattered



13. Corruption and collective protest in China



14. Civil society and anti-corruption initiatives in India: towards a citizen’s perspective



15. Women and corruption: when being the fairer sex becomes a myth



16. Measuring public perceptions of corruption in Asia



Part IV: Controlling Corruption: Strategies, Successes and Failures



17. Controlling corruption in Asian countries: the elusive search for success



18. Corruption prevention: successful cases



19. Rule-based and integrity-based anti-corruption approaches in Asia



20. Regional anti-corruption initiatives in Asia

Biography

Ting Gong is Professor in the Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong.



Ian Scott is Visiting Professor in the Department of Public Policy at the City University of Hong Kong and Emeritus Professor at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia.