China: Administrative Corruption — Experience in a Comparative Context |
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Authors: | King K. Tsao John Abbott Worthley |
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Affiliation: | Lecturer of Government Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong;University Professor of Public Administration Seton Hall University New Jersey, USA |
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Abstract: | As a new world economy emerges what is being learned about the accompanying phenomenon of administrative corruption? To probe this question we combine study of current developments in China with prevailing theories of corruption. The administrative corruption experience, as it has unfolded during the economic development thrust of the Deng reform era, is described and analysed in a comparative context. In specifically interjecting the American experience we suggest that a balanced control response to corruption —rather than an elimination focus—could be a fruitful avenue for policy and research, and that informal, social approaches to corruption control are pregnant with possibilities. China's experience offers a significant opportunity to push the margin of wisdom on these issues as they relate to economic and political development. |
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