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The historical origins of corruption in the developing world: a comparative analysis of East Asia
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posted on 2023-06-12, 08:36 authored by Olli HellmannA new approach has emerged in the literature on corruption in the developing world that breaks with the assumption that corruption is driven by individualistic self-interest and, instead, conceptualizes corruption as an informal system of norms and practices. While this emerging neo-institutionalist approach has done much to further our understanding of corruption in the developing world, one key question has received relatively little attention: how do we explain differences in the institutionalization of corruption between developing countries? The paper here addresses this question through a systematic comparison of seven developing and newly industrialized countries in East Asia. The argument that emerges through this analysis is that historical sequencing mattered: countries in which the "political marketplace" had gone through a process of concentration before universal suffrage was introduced are now marked by less harmful types of corruption than countries where mass voting rights where rolled out in a context of fragmented political marketplaces. The paper concludes by demonstrating that this argument can be generalized to the developing world as a whole.
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Crime, Law and Social ChangeISSN
0925-4994Publisher
Springer VerlagExternal DOI
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1-2Volume
68Page range
145-165Department affiliated with
- Politics Publications
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2017-01-04First Open Access (FOA) Date
2018-01-14First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2017-01-04Usage metrics
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