Political Corruption and Democratic Governance

Jongseok Woo and Eunjung Choi

Political Corruption and Democratic Governance explores the effects of political corruption on important aspects of democratic governing. Jongseok Woo and Eunjung Choi use a cross-national lens to analyze how political corruption influences different areas of politics and economics, including electoral outcomes, citizens’ evaluations of democratic norms and values, economic development, distributional justice, and social and political trust in both developed and developing nations. While most works on political corruption focus on the causes of corruption, this book delves into various consequences of it. The discussion in each chapter engages both theoretical and empirical components of political corruption, introducing competing theoretical arguments on a given topic and puts them under rigorous empirical scrutiny. Each chapter involves large-N statistical analysis to make it truly global in scope and to overcome the limits of single (or small-N) case studies on political corruption. This book concludes with critical evaluations about anti-corruption efforts by various IGOs and NGOs and specific policy recommendations to deter corruption.

Lexington Books

Pages: 208 • Trim: 6½ x 9½

978-1-4985-4187-9 • Hardback • August 2018 • $111.00 • (£85.00)

978-1-4985-4189-3 • Paperback • July 2021 • $44.99 • (£35.00)

978-1-4985-4188-6 • eBook • August 2018 • $42.50 • (£35.00)

Subjects: Political Science / Corruption & Misconduct, Political Science / General, Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration, Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Political Science / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections

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Political Corruption and Democratic Governance explores the effects of political corruption on important aspects of democratic governing. Jongseok Woo and Eunjung Choi use a cross-national lens to analyze how political corruption influences different areas of politics and economics, including electoral outcomes, citizens’ evaluations of democratic norms and values, economic development, distributional justice, and social and political trust in both developed and developing nations. While most works on political corruption focus on the causes of corruption, this book delves into various consequences of it. The discussion in each chapter engages both theoretical and empirical components of political corruption, introducing competing theoretical arguments on a given topic and puts them under rigorous empirical scrutiny. Each chapter involves large-N statistical analysis to make it truly global in scope and to overcome the limits of single (or small-N) case studies on political corruption. This book concludes with critical evaluations about anti-corruption efforts by various IGOs and NGOs and specific policy recommendations to deter corruption.

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Lexington Books

Pages: 208 • Trim: 6½ x 9½

978-1-4985-4187-9 • Hardback • August 2018 • $111.00 • (£85.00)

978-1-4985-4189-3 • Paperback • July 2021 • $44.99 • (£35.00)

978-1-4985-4188-6 • eBook • August 2018 • $42.50 • (£35.00)

Subjects: Political Science / Corruption & Misconduct, Political Science / General, Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration, Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Political Science / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections

Author

Jongseok Woo is assistant professor of political science in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies at the University of South Florida.

Eunjung Choi is associate professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the Chonnam National University in South Korea.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Political Corruption in Contemporary Politics
Chapter 2: Political Corruption from a Global Perspective
Chapter 3: Political Corruption and Economic Growth
Chapter 4: Political Corruption, Economic Liberalization, and Distributive Justice
Chapter 5: Political Corruption and Electoral Outcomes
Chapter 6: Corruption, Trust, and Democracy
Chapter 7: Political Corruption and Democratic Governance

Reviews

Woo and Choi provide a valuable and comprehensive empirical analysis of political corruption and the book is set to become a core text in the literature on corruption studies
— South African Journal of International Affairs

Political Corruption and Democratic Governance

Jongseok Woo and Eunjung Choi

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