Corruption in Contemporary Politics

STAFFAN ANDERSSON Department of Political Science, Umea University, Sweden JENS CHRISTOPHER ANDVIG Senior Researcher, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs MIGUEL CAINZOS Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain NEIL COLLINS Professor and Head of Department, University College, Cork, Ireland LIEVEN DE WINTER Professor of Politics, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium ALAN DOIG Professor of Public Services Management, University of Teesside, UK JOCELYN EVANS Lecturer in Politics, University of Salford, UK J. H. J. VAN DEN HEUVEL Professor of Policy Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands LESLIE HOLMES Professor of Political Science, University of Melbourne, Australia L. W. J. C. HUBERTS Professor of Policy Studies and Criminal Justice, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands FERNANDO JIMINÉZ Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain KLEOMONIS KOUTSOUKIS Professor of Political Science, Panteion University, Athens, Greece JOSÉ MAGONE Senior Lecturer in European Politics, University of Hull, UK JOANNA MCKAY Senior Lecturer in Politics, Nottingham Trent University, UK DAVID NELKEN Distinguished Professor of Legal Institutions and Social Change, University of Macerata, Italy and Distinguished Research Professor of Law, University of Wales, Cardiff MARY O'SHEA Lecturer in Irish Politics, University College, Cork, Ireland ALBRECHT ROTHACHER Directorfor Public Affairs, Asia Europe Foundation, Singapore PETRUS C. VAN DUYNE Professor of Empirical Penal Science, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands ROBERT WILLIAMS Professor of Politics, University of Durham, UK

List of Tables and Figures Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Introduction; J.L.Newell & M.J.Bull PART ONE: 'QUITE CORRUPT' COUNTRIES Political Corruption in Spain; F.Jiminéz & M.Cainzos Political Corruption in Greece; K.S.Koutsoukis Political Corruption in Italy; J.L.Newell & M.J.Bull PART TWO: 'SOMEWHAT CORRUPT' COUNTRIES Political Corruption in Germany; J.McKay Political Corruption in the United States; R.Williams Political Corruption in France; J.A.J.Evans Political Corruption in Belgium; L.de Winter Political Corruption in Japan; A.Rothacher Political Corruption in Portugal; J.M.Magone PART THREE: 'LEAST CORRUPT' COUNTRIES Political Corruption in Sweden; S.Andersson Political Corruption in the Netherlands; P.van Duyne , L.W.J.C.Huberts & H.van den Heuvel Political Corruption in Ireland; N.Collins & M.O'Shea Political Corruption in the United Kingdom; A.Doig PART FOUR: COMPARATIVE, SUPRA-NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES Political Corruption in Central and Eastern Europe; L.Holmes International Corruption; J.C.Andvig Political Corruption in the European Union; D.Nelken Conclusion: Political Corruption in Contemporary Democracies; M.J.Bull & J.L.Newell