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Political Corruption as Duplicitous Exclusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 September 2006

Mark E. Warren
Mark E. Warren
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University of British Columbia
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While not the worst of political pathologies, corruption is the one most likely to be found thriving in electoral democracies. Not as dangerous as war, nor as urgent as terrorism, some have even argued that the little bit of corruption that comes with democracies makes them work better—by lowering transaction costs, reducing the inefficiencies of cumbersome rules, and generally making things happen (Anechiarico and Jacobs 1996; see also Leys 1965; Huntington 1968).This article draws on Warren (2004).

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SYMPOSIUM—POLITICAL CORRUPTION IN THEORY, PRACTICE AND IN THE PUBLIC MIND
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 39 , Issue 4 , October 2006 , pp. 803 - 807
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© 2006 The American Political Science Association

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