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Chapter 3 - Unbundling Corruption over Time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 May 2020

Yuen Yuen Ang
Yuen Yuen Ang
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Chapter 3 examines howaccess money came to dominate China’s structure of corruption. Contrary to popular claims of “rising” corruption, I show that, since the 2000s, only bribery has exploded, both in frequency and in scale, while embezzlement, misappropriation of public funds, and bureaucratic extortion have declined. Two forces drove this evolution: the expansion of markets after 1993 and the central government’s rollout of capacity-building measures in 1998.

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Evolving structure of corruptionBonanzas and bubblesSuper-clientelismChina’s Gilded AgeA Gilded Age and a Progressive Era collidedCorruption with exchange vs. corruption with theft (or transactional vs. non-transactional corruption)Hidden rulesNaked official
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China's Gilded Age
The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption
 , pp. 52 - 84
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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