Jonathan Mendilow chairs the Research Committee on Political Finance & Political Corruption of the International Political Science Association and the Department of Political Science at Rider University.Ilan Peleg is Charles A. Dana Professor of Government and Law at Lafayette College and adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Edmund’s Burke’s Concept of Corruption and BeyondJonathan Mendilow and Ilan PelegChapter 2: The Meaning of Corruption in World OpinionFrank Louis RuscianoChapter 3: The Shifting Landscape of Corruption in America: Legal Corruption, Systemic Corruption or a New FormBarry SeldesChapter 4: Can Public Funding and Citizen United Coexist?Robert G. BoatrightChapter 5: Corruption and the Arab Spring: Comparing the Pre- and Post-Spring SituationIlan Peleg and Jonathan MendilowChapter 6:Ancient Democracy and the Modern Era: Why is Corruption so Common These Days?Rebecca R. FiskeChapter 7: The Austrian Way: Neo-Corporatism and Neoliberal CorruptionBarbara Franz and Jürgen PfefferChapter 8: Corruptible Competition: Power Nodes, Corruption, and Sleaze Michael J. BroganChapter 9: Tackling Corruption, finally? How Domestic and Supranational Factors have Led to Incremental Policy Change in ItalyDaniela R. Piccio, Fabrizio Di Mascio, and Alessandro Natalini Chapter 10: Corruption Perception and Collective Action: The Case of SpainManuel Villoria, Fernando Jiménez-Sánchez and Ana RevueltaChapter 11: State Capitalism and Corruption: The Case of ChinaJacob Sprague WhiteChapter 12: Anthropological Approaches to Corruption: Globalizing Processes & Case StudiesRoberta Fiske-Rusciano

Corruption has for a long time been notoriously hard to define. What it is perceived to be is not necessarily what it is. It is congruous and sometimes fuses with notions such as extortion and redistribution of wealth or even welfare benefits. Can it be eradicated? Should it be embraced as an acceptable way of running political systems and institutions? These questions raise the intricate issue of the tenuous line which separates the political sphere from the economic or the public spheres.The contributions gathered in this opus by Mendilow and Peleg take us on a journey to the heart of the matter: from Burke’s ideas to the reality on the ground, from ancient Greece to modern Italy, Austria, or China. We shall take a close look at the solemn workings of the U.S. Supreme Court as well as the successive waves of the Arab Spring which were backed by angry mobs. Very promising explorations indeed!

Jonathan Mendilow chairs the Research Committee on Political Finance & Political Corruption of the International Political Science Association and the Department of Political Science at Rider University.Ilan Peleg is Charles A. Dana Professor of Government and Law at Lafayette College and adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Edmund’s Burke’s Concept of Corruption and BeyondJonathan Mendilow and Ilan PelegChapter 2: The Meaning of Corruption in World OpinionFrank Louis RuscianoChapter 3: The Shifting Landscape of Corruption in America: Legal Corruption, Systemic Corruption or a New FormBarry SeldesChapter 4: Can Public Funding and Citizen United Coexist?Robert G. BoatrightChapter 5: Corruption and the Arab Spring: Comparing the Pre- and Post-Spring SituationIlan Peleg and Jonathan MendilowChapter 6:Ancient Democracy and the Modern Era: Why is Corruption so Common These Days?Rebecca R. FiskeChapter 7: The Austrian Way: Neo-Corporatism and Neoliberal CorruptionBarbara Franz and Jürgen PfefferChapter 8: Corruptible Competition: Power Nodes, Corruption, and Sleaze Michael J. BroganChapter 9: Tackling Corruption, finally? How Domestic and Supranational Factors have Led to Incremental Policy Change in ItalyDaniela R. Piccio, Fabrizio Di Mascio, and Alessandro Natalini Chapter 10: Corruption Perception and Collective Action: The Case of SpainManuel Villoria, Fernando Jiménez-Sánchez and Ana RevueltaChapter 11: State Capitalism and Corruption: The Case of ChinaJacob Sprague WhiteChapter 12: Anthropological Approaches to Corruption: Globalizing Processes & Case StudiesRoberta Fiske-Rusciano

Corruption has for a long time been notoriously hard to define. What it is perceived to be is not necessarily what it is. It is congruous and sometimes fuses with notions such as extortion and redistribution of wealth or even welfare benefits. Can it be eradicated? Should it be embraced as an acceptable way of running political systems and institutions? These questions raise the intricate issue of the tenuous line which separates the political sphere from the economic or the public spheres.The contributions gathered in this opus by Mendilow and Peleg take us on a journey to the heart of the matter: from Burke’s ideas to the reality on the ground, from ancient Greece to modern Italy, Austria, or China. We shall take a close look at the solemn workings of the U.S. Supreme Court as well as the successive waves of the Arab Spring which were backed by angry mobs. Very promising explorations indeed!

Jonathan Mendilow chairs the Research Committee on Political Finance & Political Corruption of the International Political Science Association and the Department of Political Science at Rider University.Ilan Peleg is Charles A. Dana Professor of Government and Law at Lafayette College and adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Edmund’s Burke’s Concept of Corruption and BeyondJonathan Mendilow and Ilan PelegChapter 2: The Meaning of Corruption in World OpinionFrank Louis RuscianoChapter 3: The Shifting Landscape of Corruption in America: Legal Corruption, Systemic Corruption or a New FormBarry SeldesChapter 4: Can Public Funding and Citizen United Coexist?Robert G. BoatrightChapter 5: Corruption and the Arab Spring: Comparing the Pre- and Post-Spring SituationIlan Peleg and Jonathan MendilowChapter 6:Ancient Democracy and the Modern Era: Why is Corruption so Common These Days?Rebecca R. FiskeChapter 7: The Austrian Way: Neo-Corporatism and Neoliberal CorruptionBarbara Franz and Jürgen PfefferChapter 8: Corruptible Competition: Power Nodes, Corruption, and Sleaze Michael J. BroganChapter 9: Tackling Corruption, finally? How Domestic and Supranational Factors have Led to Incremental Policy Change in ItalyDaniela R. Piccio, Fabrizio Di Mascio, and Alessandro Natalini Chapter 10: Corruption Perception and Collective Action: The Case of SpainManuel Villoria, Fernando Jiménez-Sánchez and Ana RevueltaChapter 11: State Capitalism and Corruption: The Case of ChinaJacob Sprague WhiteChapter 12: Anthropological Approaches to Corruption: Globalizing Processes & Case StudiesRoberta Fiske-Rusciano

Corruption has for a long time been notoriously hard to define. What it is perceived to be is not necessarily what it is. It is congruous and sometimes fuses with notions such as extortion and redistribution of wealth or even welfare benefits. Can it be eradicated? Should it be embraced as an acceptable way of running political systems and institutions? These questions raise the intricate issue of the tenuous line which separates the political sphere from the economic or the public spheres.The contributions gathered in this opus by Mendilow and Peleg take us on a journey to the heart of the matter: from Burke’s ideas to the reality on the ground, from ancient Greece to modern Italy, Austria, or China. We shall take a close look at the solemn workings of the U.S. Supreme Court as well as the successive waves of the Arab Spring which were backed by angry mobs. Very promising explorations indeed!