Corruption in Society
Multidisciplinary Conceptualizations
Abstract
Corruption in Society: Multidisciplinary Conceptualizations is the first book to address the notion of corruption in a truly multidisciplinary manner, augmented with empirical evidence. The prevalent definition in books and articles on corruption is that it is a dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those with political and/or economic power, typically involving bribery. This political-economy or public choice denotation, while very useful, is inadequate for a comprehensive understanding of the concept because the notion of corruption appears in every discipline. For example, in the field of chemistry, chemical corruption concerns (a) the incorporation of defective compounds into experiments to better simulate conditions on the early-Earth and to help us understand how the first molecules of life formed and (b) how to make chemicals appear safer, sometimes dodging restrictions on their use, by minimizing the estimates of how much is released into the environment. In order to address this shortcoming, this book provides a discipline-by-discipline conceptualization of corruption buttressed with evidence from the discipline.
Schlagworte
corruption bribery collusion economic disparities Bureaucratic malaise social disparities social erosion socioeconomic consequences political disparities nepotism- Kapitel Ausklappen | EinklappenSeiten
- i–xii Preface i–xii
- 1–20 Introduction 1–20
- 119–134 Chapter 7: Education 119–134
- 135–152 Chapter 8: Ethics 135–152
- 153–178 Chapter 9: Geography 153–178
- 179–196 Chapter 10: History 179–196
- 197–214 Chapter 11: Management 197–214
- 215–226 Chapter 12: Mathematics 215–226
- 227–246 Chapter 13: Psychology 227–246
- 281–314 Bibliography 281–314
- 315–318 Index 315–318
- 319–322 About the Contributors 319–322