An Ineluctable Political Destiny: Communism, Reform, Marketization, and Corruption in Post-Mao China

Sun, Forest C.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2024-06-22

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9789819931484

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-3146-0

Dimensions: 210.0cm x148.0cm

Pages: 409.0