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	SED-IDPM-PoliticalCorruption-Nov-2005
		Political corruption is a key concern at the current time, particularly because of the impasse within the technologies of governance intervention more generally.
		The aim is to re-interrogate the meaning of political corruption by analysing it within two particular contexts in which arbitrary behaviour is concentrated: within social processes of state sponsored 'market building' and within donor-financed interventions, although these contexts are not themselves mutually exclusive.
		In particular, the conference will aim to understand the relationship between political corruption and nation-state practices in Africa and Asia, since it is within the context of new state formations and within development projects which seek to underwrite and expand states and markets that opportunities for systemic corrupt practices are particularly apparent.
	www.sed.manchester.ac.uk /idpm/research/events/PoliticalCorruption (1443 words)

	Corruption and political financing in Italy, Donatella della Porta
		Those engaging in corruption may in fact be seeking to obtain not a specific benefit, but a generic protection for their entrepreneurial activities and for their exchange relations with the public administration and its corrupt agents.
		Political protection is not supported, as in the case of the state and criminal organizations, by the credible threat of violence, and may correspondingly be less effective.
		Although corruption was in fact justified by the politicians involved as a "necessity" to meet the costs of politics, corruption itself introduced inflationary elements in the political system, with a never-ending increase in the amount of money "needed" by the system.
	www.transparency.org /working_papers/country/italy_paper.html (8540 words)

	Publications - Political Parties in Asia
		Political corruption is a global problem, posing a threat to economic growth, democracy, and political stability in wealthy and poor countries alike.
		Its purpose is to support political parties in their efforts to implement internal reforms through enhanced democracy, accountability, and transparency in party structures and practices.
		The political parties in the study generously shared various strategies they have used to promote greater internal democracy, accountability, and transparency in their decision-making processes, candidate and leadership selection, financial management and fund-raising practices, and ethical criteria and disciplinary procedures.
	www.cald.org /website/polparties_asia.htm (1193 words)

	Political Corruption in India: An Analysis
		Politicians are fully aware of the corruption and nepotism as the main reasons behind the fall of Roman empire, the French Revolution, October Revolution in Russia, fall of Chiang Kai-Shek Government on the mainland of China and even the defeat of the mighty Congress party in India.
		The history of corruption in post-Independence India starts with the Jeep scandal in 1948, when a transaction concerning purchase of jeeps for the army needed for Kashmir operation was entered into by V.K.Krishna Menon, the then High Commissioner for India in London with a foreign firm without observing normal procedure.
		Maneuvering the anti-defection law for electoral politics with the help of both money and muscle power and other unfair means for the sake of power have affected the political morality of all the political parties and as such none of them can claim themselves to be faithful to nation in true sense.
	www.saag.org /papers3/paper219.htm (1372 words)

	Corruption through political contributions in Japan, Report on recent bribery scandals,1996-2000, Verena Blechinger
		With regard to political contributions, the most important change was that political donations to individual politicians or their personal fundraising organisations were ruled illegal after a transition period of five years, which ended on 1 January 2000.
		As differences in the political preferences of the targeted groups of voters were marginal and voter volatility was high, candidates had to campaign very competitively and until the last day of the election campaign period (Abe, Shindô, and Kawato 1994, 141).
		To increase the importance of parties within the political system, it was deemed necessary to destroy politicians' sources of financial independence and to increase their dependence on party headquarters for financial assistance.
	www.transparency.org /working_papers/country/japan_paper.html (5237 words)

	Political Corruption The Corruption of American Politics: Reason for Hope?
		And, despite the misgivings of some on the right who now questioned whether it was feasible to pursue their moral and cultural goals through politics, the Republican Party was working to make the impeachment and trial of Clinton a fund-raising tool, even as it tried to reposition itself away from being the party of impeachment.
		If the political status quo is to be changed, the advantages of incumbency have to be reduced.
		If people are unhappy with the quality or political bent of their congressman, or feel that the parties' nominees don't really represent their district or state, but simply an organized faction, the answer is to mobilize behind an alternative, get out there and vote and persuade others to vote.
	www.thirdworldtraveler.com /Political_Corruption/Reason_Hope_CAP.html (2173 words)

	Political Corruption in Brazil
		Conceptually, corruption is a form of behavior, which departs from ethics, morality, tradition, law and civic virtue.
		In December 1994 Collor was acquitted of corruption by the Supreme Federal Tribunal on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
		If the issue of political corruption is so paramuont on the minds of the people, there may not be any other white knight on the horizon.
	www.zonalatina.com /Zldata245.htm (943 words)

	Political Corruption - Public Officials Criminal Defense
		Our firm has considerable experience in political corruption cases, both in defending and prosecuting public officials and executives.
		Two of our partners successfully prosecuted political corruption cases as part of the Independent Counsel investigation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the 1990s.
		Our firm has tried before juries substantial cases involving political corruption, and has successfully prevented the incarceration of various executives under investigation by the United States Department of Justice.
	www.finchmccranie.com /political-corruption.htm (226 words)

	Political corruption - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		World map of the Corruption Perceptions Index, which measures "the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians".
		Costly political campaigns, with expenses exceeding normal sources of political funding.
		In the political arena, it is difficult to prove corruption, but impossible to prove its absence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Political_corruption (2321 words)

	Political Corruption: Political corruption cases
		Below are presented a number of examples of political corruption (or what the authors consider to be and have described as cases of political corruption).
		Corrupt military procurement and economic plunder have benefited key UPDF officers as well as promoted their loyalty to the regime.
		Politicians vying for political posts now apply this controversial clause, coupled with poverty and illiteracy problems facing many Tanzanians, to offer for free to the voters, pretending to be in good faith, things such as clothes, food, hard cash, and construction materials during campaigns just to win the elections.
	www.u4.no /themes/political-corruption/cases.cfm (6386 words)

	Philippine Politics and Corruption: A Sociopolitical Digression
		Political participation in the Philippines was never based on a democratic model.
		His first political presence was as a defendant changed with murdering his father's rival, and his wartime experience included significant fl marketeering and fraud.
		Without recounting the misdeeds of the administration, the crony-related incidents and pervasive corruption now under investigation are part and parcel of the syndrome discussed throughout this article.
	www.apmforum.com /columns/orientseas22.htm (2345 words)

	Political Corruption (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Corruption is once again high on the international policy agenda as a result of globalization, the spread of democracy, and major scandals and reform initiatives.
		The tendency to treat corruption as merely a synonym for bribery is illuminated by analyses of the diverse terminology and linguistic techniques that help distinguish corruption problems in the major languages.
		He is author of Political Corruption and Public Policy in America and coeditor of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Government.
	www.transactionpub.com /political-corruption-paper-2001-3 (571 words)

	Taegan Goddard's Political Wire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Political Insider rounds up the latest buzz from the halls of government, press gaggles and campaign war rooms.
		In response to yesterday's report that her former political strategist had been questioned by the FBI, Rep. Katherine Harris (R-FL) said "she has been informed by the Justice Department that she is not a target of an investigation concerning convicted defense contractor Mitchell Wade," the Palm Beach Post reports.
		Bob Ney (R-OH), "under enormous political and legal pressure for more than a year, has lashed out against press coverage of his plight, voicing great displeasure over stories focusing on the controversial golfing trip to Scotland that threatens his grip on the congressional seat he has held for six terms," according to the Times-Reporter.
	politicalwire.com /archives/corruption (7737 words)

	SSRN-Accountability and Corruption: Political Institutions Matter by Daniel Lederman, Norman Loayza, Rodrigo Reis Soares
		The results of a cross-country empirical analysis suggest that political institutions are extremely important in determining the prevalence of corruption: democracy, parliamentary systems, political stability, and freedom of the press are all associated with lower corruption.
		Previous empirical studies have not analyzed the role of political institutions, even though both the political science and the theoretical economics literature have indicated their importance in determining corruption.
		The results suggest that political institutions are extremely important in determining the prevalence of corruption: democracy, parliamentary systems, political stability, and freedom of the press are all associated with lower corruption.
	papers.ssrn.com /sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=632777 (389 words)

	RealClearPolitics - Commentary - Political Corruption by Thomas Sowell
		The Jack Abramoff scandal has put political corruption front and center in Washington but this particular scandal, or even this particular kind of scandal, barely scratches the surface of corruption in government.
		Government is corrupted whenever it is diverted from its avowed purpose and directed toward some other goal, especially goals that conflict with its purpose.
		An alternative political ploy would be to pay people the amount of money that was promised but in dollars so inflated that they won't buy anything close to what dollars bought when they were paid into the Social Security system.
	www.realclearpolitics.com /Commentary/com-1_24_06_TS.html (615 words)

	Event Summary: Political Corruption in the United States and Around the Globe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Brookings Institution and Transparency International held a symposium today to discuss political corruption both in the United States and abroad.
		Panelists said that the presence of money in politics was both inevitable and necessary, but they worried about how it entered the political system, its effect on government,and the appearance of impropriety it created.
		Ward said that one way to help nations avoid political corruption is to put campaign finance figure in the spotlight.
	www.brookings.edu /comm/op-ed/20040428corruption.htm (705 words)

	Transparency International-- CORIS - CORIS - English - CORISweb Themes - Political corruption - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Given this privileged position, the damage that can be inflicted by politicians or parties acting out of greed, or in the service of those who bankrolled their ascent to power, is immense.
		It is not surprising then that people the world over are demanding absolute probity of their political leaders: if given a magic wand, citizens in three countries out of four polled by TI and Gallup International singled out political parties as the institution from which they would most like to eliminate corruption.
		This website provides an introduction to political corruption, analysing why the problem is so widespread and looking at what can be, and has been, done to tackle it.
	www.corisweb.org /article/archive/263 (340 words)

	Frozen Lightning,political corruption,Bill Richardson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In exploring the theme of Richardson's political genius, an epic portrait of a megalomaniac emerges, rendered in the unflattering light cast by a politician driven to evil by his presidential aspirations.
		In exhaustively examining the state's culture of political corruption under Presidential Candidate William Blaine Richardson, the book's conclusions demonstrate how Richardson has both re-written state history and irrevocably altered the course of the state's destiny.
		In addition to those who have weighed in on the topic of Bill Richardson's political genius, the major players on New Mexico's political stage are also indexed for easy reference.
	www.frozenlightning.org /index.html (568 words)

	RealClearPolitics - Commentary - Getting Serious About Corruption by Jack Kelly
		Democrats have been claiming that corruption in Congress is a new, and uniquely Republican, phenomenon.
		Only when politicians have been weaned from this dependency will there be a substantial reduction in political corruption.
		A form of public financing of elections is required, because political parties cannot constitutionally be forbidden to accept special interest money except as a quid pro quo for receipt of federal funds.
	www.realclearpolitics.com /Commentary/com-11_30_05_JKE.html (678 words)

	Political Corruption
		Corruption, the legal system and enforcement, economic policies, accounting guidelines, and regulatory frameworks are all taken into account in judging opacity.
		Corruption charges filed against Israel's former Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, have been dropped because there is insufficient evidence to bring him to court.
		The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday 19 October 1999 that an independent report about the Bank Bali corruption scandal must be given to Parliament, a move that could persuade international donors to lift their suspension of billions of dollars in loans to Indonesia.
	www.ex.ac.uk /~RDavies/arian/scandals/political.html (6591 words)

	NationMaster - Statistics > Corruption by country
		To be corrupt presumes that that the person has the authority over time and money so as to be able to commit acts of corruption.
		The top 10 least corrupt countries in 2005 along with their score are Iceland (9.7), Finland (9.6), New Zealand (9.6), Denmark(9.5), Singapore (9.4), Sweden (9.2), Switzerland (9.1), Norway (8.9), Australia (8.8) and Austria (8.7).
		I guess their level of corruption (be Western standards) is so endemic though they have trouble even understanding what not being corrupt is like.
	www.nationmaster.com /graph-T/gov_cor (1479 words)

	Domenico Pacitti Archive \| Italian education, culture & politics
		Roman Catholic principles of corruption in Italy - Influence of Roman Catholic doctrine on longrunning endemic corruption in Italian society.
		Di Pietro, corruption and Clean Hands - Antonio Di Pietro, the former Milan magistrate, became an overnight national hero in Italy in the early 1990s for bringing leading politicians to justice on corruption charges.
		Corruption in Italy: Church, politics and universities (1), Corruption in Italy (2), Corruption in Italy (3) - Indispensable ABC of Italian culture as mafia-style corruption.
	www.humnet.unipi.it /~pacitti (1181 words)

	Amazon.com: Political Corruption: Books: Arnold Heidenheimer,Michael Johnston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform by Susan Rose-Ackerman
		Politicians Fail to Stop Corruption — Lieutenant Clarks book, Total Misconduct, explains why police corruption can only exist within an atmosphere of political corruption.
		Read about Political Corruption — Get the news behind the news at Full Disclosure.net.
	www.amazon.com /Political-Corruption-Arnold-Heidenheimer/dp/0765807610 (801 words)

	More Political Corruption (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		I have a "thing" with any person endowed with the "public trust" who abuses that trust by being corrupted.
		The Republicans jumped all over Clinton for his use of the Lincoln room to gain political contributions, so why is the President now going out of his way to speak for Doolittle?
		The US is tops in punishing corrupt officials, which goes to show us how bad the rest of the world is. Nevertheless, it seems we have more corruption and it's harming the nation's moral fabric.
	percivel.blogster.com /political_corruption.html (337 words)

	gcr / publications / home - Transparency International
		Now in its sixth year, this edition of the Global Corruption Report focuses on judges and courts, but situating them within the broader justice system, and looking at political, economic and societal pressures on the judiciary.
		The first of Transparency International´s Global Corruption Reports was launched on 15 October 2001 and provides an overview of the state of corruption around the globe, covering the period from July 2000 to June 2001.
		The Global Corruption Report 2007 focuses on corruption and judicial systems and will be launched in April 2007.
	www.globalcorruptionreport.org (454 words)

	Di Pietro, corruption & Clean Hands: interview with Domenico Pacitti
		Operation Clean Hands, or “Mani Pulite”, which took off in 1992, basically revealed that Italy’s political parties were being illegally financed by industry and that it was only the tip of an enormous iceberg of political corruption.
		It struck at the very heart of corruption in Italy in the form of the entire ruling class of politicians.
		The effects of the operation have now been almost completely annulled and many of the politicians who were arrested and imprisoned have not only been fully rehabilitated but are actually back in parliament right now.
	www.justresponse.net /dipietro_pacitti.html (1159 words)

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