Comparative anti-corruption policy: the american,soviet and russian cases |
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Authors: | William A. Clark Philip H. Jos |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Political Science , Louisiana State University , 70803-5433, Baton Rouge, Louisiana;2. Department of Political Science , College of Charleston , 29424, Charleston, South Carolina |
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Abstract: | In light of significant conceptual and methodological difficulties that face comparative corruption research, we propose to treat comparative anti-corruption policy as worthy of study in its own right. By using measures of enforcement activity as evidence of anti-corruption, rather than flawed proxy measures of corruption, we endeavor to surmount some of obstacles to comparing radically different political systems. We compare anti-corruption activity in the US and the USSR and elaborate three theoretical perspectives-emphasizing political, institutional, and symbolic factors--and show how each might improve our understanding of anti-corruption policy in the two nations. By applying these three frameworks to the Russian republic, we assess anti-corruption policy in an unsettled, emerging political system and suggest that the dynamics that underlie Russia's anti-corruption policy will more closely resemble US policy than was the case in the USSR. |
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