BSS465 Political corruption

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Aneta Pinková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Aneta Pinková, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Division of Security and Strategic Studies – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Mon 8:00–9:40 U42
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! NOW ( POL618 Political Corruption ) && ! POL618 Political Corruption && ! NOW ( POLn4053 Political Corruption ) && ! POLn4053 Political Corruption
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course offers the possibility of deeper understanding of political corruption, its causes and consequences. It will deal both with theoretical and methodological issues related to the study of corruption (such as definition, operationalization, measurement etc.) and practical/empirical problems such as anti-corruption policies, political party finance and transparency of public contracts.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to:
- explain advantages and weaknesses of various definitions of corruption;
- describe and compare main approaches to research on corruption;
- distinguish between political corruption and lobbying;
- describe possible impacts of corruption on the quality of democracy and the political system;
- debate on academical level on the relationship between corruption and the state of society;
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction: course organization and requirements, definition of corruption.
  • 2. How to measure and research corruption?
  • 3. Corruption as a social issue: clientelism, nepotism, cultural context, social organization of corruption, informal institutions.
  • 4. Corruption as a systemic problem: institutions, regimes, democracy.
  • 5. Corruption as a political problem: elections, political parties and legislative process.
  • 6. Corruption as a security problem: environmental corruption, police, army, stability.
  • 7. Anti-corruption strategies.
  • 8. Investigating corruption, white-collar crime
  • 9. Seminar: case studies of political corruption.
  • 10. Seminar: case studies of political corruption.
  • 11. Seminar: case studies of political corruption.
  • 12. Written test
Literature
    required literature
  • • Kurer, Oskar. 2001. Why do Voters Support Corrupt Politicians? In Arvind K. Jain (ed). The Political Economy of Corruption. London: Routledge. s. 63-86. (http://www.untag-smd.ac.id/files/Perpustakaan_Digital_1/CORRUPTION%20The%20political%20economy%20o
  • • Pyman, Mark. 2017. Addressing Corruption in Military Institutions, Public Integrity,19(5), s. 513-528.
  • • U4 Expert Answer: Corruption in political party financing and electoral campaigns. (https://www.u4.no/publications/corruption-in-political-party-financing-and-electoral-campaigns-2.pdf)
  • • Andersson S and Heywood P M (2009) The Politics of Perception: Use and Abuse of Transparency International's Approach to Measuring Corruption. Political Studies, 57(4), 746-767. (https://onlinelibrarywileycom/doi/full/101111/j1467-9248200800758x).
  • • Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina. 2013. “Controlling Corruption Through Collective Action.” Journal of Democracy vol. 24(1), s. 86–99.
  • • Hilgers, Tina (ed). 2012. Clientelism In Everyday Latin American Politics, s. 4-22.
  • • Gardiner, John A. 2001. Defining Corruption, in: Heidenheimer, Arnold J. – Johnston, M. (eds.): Political Corruption, Concepts & Contexts. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, s. 25-40.
  • • Muno, Wolfgang. 2013. Clientelist corruption networks: conceptual and empirical approaches, in: Debiel, T. – Gawrich, A. (eds.): (Dys-)Functionalities of Corruption: Comparative Perspectives and Methodological Pluralism. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, s. 33-5
  • • Williams, David A. – Dupuy Kendra. 2016. At the extremes: Corruption in natural resource management revisited. Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2016:6) (https://www.cmi.no/publications/5950-at-the-extremes-corruption-in-natural-resource)
  • • Rose-Ackerman, Susan. 1999. Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, s. 113-126.
  • • Kobis, Nils, C. – Iragorri-Carter, Daniel – Starke, Christopher. A Social Psychological View on the Social Norms of Corruption. In. Kubbe, Ina and Engelbert Annika (eds.) Corruption and Norms: Why Informal Rules Matter. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, s. 31–
  • • Uslaner, Eric M. 2018. The Consequences of corruption. IN: Heywood, P. M. (ed): Routledge Handbook of Political Corruption. New York: Routledge, s. 199-211.
  • • Transparency International, 2019. Index vnímání korupce 2018. (https://www.transparency.cz/cpi2018/). Zadaný je pouze český komentář na webu, nikoli anglický pdf dokument či text v odkazech
  • • Bayley, David – Perito, Robert. 2011. Police Corruption. What Past Scandals Teach about Current Challenges. United States Institute of Pease (https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/SR%20294.pdf)
  • • Heywood P M and Rose J (2014) “Close but no Cigar”: the measurement of corruption. Journal of Public Policy, 34(3), s. 507-529. (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13876988.2013.870115).
  • • Transparency International. 2011. Organised crime, corruption, and the vulnerability of defence and security forces. (https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/files/4420-transparency-internationalorganized-crime).
  • • OECD. 2012. Lobbying: influencing decision making with transparency and integrity. (http://www.oecd.org/cleangovbiz/toolkit/50101671.pdf)
  • • Philp, Mark. 2018. The Definition of Political Corruption. IN P. M. Heywood (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Political Corruption. Abingdon, New York, NY: Routledge, s. 17-29.
  • • Pinková Aneta. 2015. Corruption and democracy in East Central Europe, in: Holzer, Jan – Mareš, Miroslav (eds.), Challenges to Democracies in East Central Europe, London and New York: Routledge, s. 91-111.
    recommended literature
  • Burke, Jason. 2011. Corruption in India: ‘All your life you pay for things that should be free’. The Guardian. (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/19/corruption-india-anna-hazare)
  • Messick, Richard. E. 8/9/2015. Judges on the Take. Foreign Policy. (https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/09/08/judges-on-the-take/)
  • • Diskuzní text: Thompson, Nick. 5/3/2012. International campaign finance: How do countries compare? CNN World. (https://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/24/world/global-campaign-finance/index.html)
  • Chayes, Sarah. 2015. Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security. New York: Norton, s. 3-6.
  • Alejandro, Hannah. 1/11/2016. What Motivates a Whistleblower? (https://www.kmblegal.com/sec-whistleblower-blog/what-motivates-whistleblower) BBC. 29/6/2016. LuxLeaks scandal: Luxembourg tax whistleblowers convicted (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-
  • • Hooker, John. 2008. Corruption from a Cross-Cultural Perspective, Carnegie Mellon University (http://web.tepper.cmu.edu/jnh/corruption08s.pdf), s. 1-5 (úvodní subkapitoly) + 8 - 9 (Scenario: Nepotism in China) + 16 - 18 (Ethics and Human Nature)
  • • Yang, Rui. 23.9.2016. The long battle against academic corruption. University World News (https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20160921123443478).
Teaching methods
lectures seminars: presentations of case studies, discussions
Assessment methods
Written test (max. 50 points); active participation (min. 2 seminars); case study paper and presenation (max. 29 points); 7 voluntary position papers (max. 21 points).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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