Chen / Weiss The Political Logics of Anticorruption Efforts in Asia

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4384-7716-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Comparative Politics

Examines the political dynamics behind anticorruption efforts in Asia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chen, Cheng

Weiss, Meredith L.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction: Theorizing Anticorruption as a Political Project
Cheng Chen and Meredith L. Weiss

Part I. Anticorruption Driven by Private Interests

1. Anticorruption Campaigns, Regime Change, and the Proprietary Polity: The Philippine Case 23
Antoinette R. Raquiza

2. Fighting Corruption When Corruption Is Pervasive: The Case of Indonesia 49
Edward Aspinall

Part II. Anticorruption Driven by Party Loyalty

3. (Anti-)Corruption and Partisan Bias in Taiwan’s Newspapers
Christian Goebel

4. Rust Removal: Why Vietnam’s Historical Anticorruption Efforts Failed to Deliver Results, and What That Implies for the Current Campaign
Edmund Malesky and Ngoc Phan

Part III. Anticorruption Driven by Political Institutionalization

5. Anticorruption Politics in Thailand: From Regime Institutionalization to Sovereignty Wars
Michael K. Connors

6. Korea’s Anticorruption Struggles: Fighting against Networks
Ray Dongryul Kim

7. The Evolution of China’s Anticorruption Strategy
Andrew Wedeman

Conclusion: The Comparative Study of Anticorruption Campaigns: Where Do We Go from Here?
Rudra Sil

Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Cheng Chen is Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Her books include The Return of Ideology: The Search for Regime Identities in Postcommunist Russia and China and The Prospects for Liberal Nationalism in Post-Leninist States. Meredith L. Weiss is Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Her many books include Student Activism in Malaysia: Crucible, Mirror, Sideshow and Protest and Possibilities: Civil Society and Coalitions for Political Change in Malaysia.