An Ineluctable Political Destiny

This book offers comprehensive review and analysis of official corruption in post-Mao China, arguing that this complex political and social malaise is the consequence of a variety of contributing factors, which include political, social, traditional/cultural, or structural, institutional, governance or policy failures. This study distinguishes itself from the methodologies of other studies by classifying corruption into detailed categories and sub-categories, accompanied by abundant cases and examples of the irregularities and offences. Contents are organized into four categories bureaucratic corruption, regulatory corruption, corruption in judiciary, and corruption characteristic of socialist reform China, and each category is further divided into detailed subcategories to pin down the patterns, actors, loci, as well as inducements of corruption originated from either political institutions, economic structures, or sociocultural norms. Given its comprehensiveness and in-depth ofinformation and analysis, this book is a useful reference for those interested in political and government corruption in post-Mao China.

Explores corruption as a Chinese political issue Explains why corruption is intrinsic to non-transparent hierarchies Offers a unique meditation on Chinese political life

Autorentext
Forest C. Sun is a Canadian author whose research concerns government corruption and public policy. Forest's research interests include corruption and immigration among others.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction.- chapter 2. The economic reform.- chapter 3. Official corruption in the reform era.- chapter 4. Official corruption in the post-1992 period.- chapter 5. Regulatory and judicial corruption.- chapter 6. Corruption characteristic of culture and socialist reform china.- chapter 7. How does china fare amid unprecedented official corrup-tion?.- chapter 8. What are at play and what should be faulted for?.- chapter 9. Conclusion.