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This prescient book explores corruption in democracies, emphasizing how a society’s definition of the concept can change in different contexts and periods. Contributors examine both occurrences of corruption and resistance to it, as well as the democratic decline that can transpire when there is an absence of such resistance.Expert authors discuss key situations that aid our understanding of corruption, including instances of reform generated due to external demands, and corruption that takes place without provoking resistance or inciting immediate danger of democratic decline. Chapters delve into detailed case studies from around the world such as the Europeanization of anti-corruption policies in Spain following the COVID-19 pandemic; clientelism and democratic decline in Cyprus; and the rise of online political communities in India and China. The book also offers methodological perspectives on future studies of the dynamic relations between corruption, resistance, and democratic decline.Students and scholars of political science, sociology, law and public administration, and management will greatly benefit from this book. It is also a vital resource for policymakers and practitioners in the fields of regulation, governance, and anti-corruption.
Edited by Jonathan Mendilow, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Rider University, USA and Chair of IPSA RC20, the Research Committee on Political Finance and Political Corruption (2009–2024) and Ilan Peleg, Professor of Government andLaw, Lafayette College, USA
Contents1 Introduction: exceptions, justified exceptions, and corruption 1Jonathan MendilowPART I “EXTERNAL” CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEFINITION OF CORRUPTION2 Towards an Europeanization of the resistance and fight against corruption? The case of Spain 17Manuel Villoria and Fernando Jimenez SanchezPART II CAN DEMOCRACY PERSIST WHERE NO RESISTANCE TO CORRUPTION IS OFFERED?3 Satisfaction with government’s pandemic response: does gratitude breed tolerance towards COVID-19-related corruption? An exploratory study 41Luís de Sousa, Felippe Clemente and Filipe Grilo4 Clientelism and the new generation of political parties: a case study of the Czech Republic 61Michal Klíma5 Political clientelism, corruption, and democratic decline in divided Cyprus 87Sertac Sonan and Hubert FaustmannPART III CORRUPTION AND COMMUNITIES OF THE MIND6 Resisting corruption through information and communication technology (ICT) tools in India and China 107Paulina Alvarado-Goldman 7 International aid, power, corruption, and the limits of democracy 134 Maria Delmar Bermudez PART IV SOME AMBIGUITIES 8 Corruption and resistance: the finance of new populist parties in the European contest 161 Danielle May, Manuela Blumenberg and Karl-Heinz Nassmacher 9 The populist rejection of the ‘liberal democratic’ concept of corruption: on witch hunts, the perversion of justice, and the case(s) of Donald Trump 184 Shawn Rosenberg PART V THE PATH AHEAD 10 The way forward: some methodological considerations 199 Ina Kubbe and Ilan Peleg
‘This book combines the talents of two internationally recognized political scientists to explore whether the decline of democracy can be linked to corruption. lts provocative micro-level national and macro-level global approaches provide a unique combination of comparative and international politics that scholars will find engaging.’
