Political Corruption
Political corruption or Malpolitics is the use of powers by government officials or their network contacts for illegitimate private gain. Forms of corruption vary, but can include bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, parochialism, patronage, influence peddling, graft, and embezzlement. Corruption may facilitate criminal enterprise such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and human trafficking, though it is not restricted to these activities. Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is also considered political corruption.Over time, corruption has been defined differently. For example, in a simple context, while performing work for a government …
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DDN: Dundurn Press · 7 May 2024 English
A new perspective on developing shared joy in urban spaces.Our divided society is quickly reaching crisis level. We are no longer able to sustain social and economic prosperity nor ensure …
between rich and poor that accelerated political corruption. Hmm, that has a familiar ring to it. North …
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada · 27 March 2024 English
Canada’s lack of consultation on its relief sought in the cross-motion is of great concern to me given the adverse impacts for children, youth and families and in light of …
countries that have faced extensive problems of political corruption, ombuds or commissions have been given enforcement …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 April 2023 English
In a world of increasing right-wing populism, global capitalism, and a climate emergency, leading thinkers come together to interrogate the meaning and practice of being outspoken. The violence, nativism, persecution, …
enforce a worldview in which lawlessness and political corruption have become the order of the day. Trumpism … misinformation, lost in a spectacle of political corruption, a plague of consumerism, a culture of immediacy … legitimize a culture of lawlessness and political corruption. What is missed by these centrist liberals …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 February 2023 English
The overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003 in Iraq opened the door for Kurdish nationalists to move toward outright independence. Despite the recent visibility of the Kurds in the international …
miscalculation. In an effort to escape the political corruption and poor economic conditions, beginning …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 January 2023 English
In the late nineteenth century a resurgent Jacobite movement emerged in Britain and the United States, highlighting the virtues of the Stuart monarchs in contrast to liberal, democratic, and materialist …
and artists became disillusioned with the political corruption, oligarchic domination, and cultural shallowness … an incisive attack on nineteenth-century political corruption and industrial abuse, akin to other reform … rebellion that led to the socialism and political corruption sinking Victorian Britain. A few years later …
Wilson Center Canada · 4 October 2022 English
The statements made and views expressed in this paper are solely the responsibility of the author and do not represent the views of the Wilson Center or Carnegie Corporation of …
resource allocation, poor governance, and political corruption thus affecting the capacity of counties …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 September 2022 English
From the expansionist fervour of the late nineteenth century through both world wars and the Cold War, a varied and ever-changing group of dreamers campaigned for Canada’s union with the …
hemisphere and perhaps even the empire. Rampant political corruption and the rise of Jim Crow suggested the …
Wilson Center Canada · 15 August 2022 English
Ambassador can help to advance the relationship even during contentious moments, and the consequences of managing the relationship directly between the White House and Los Pinos or the Palacio Nacional …
the Senate sponsored hearings on Mexican political corruption where Gavin testified. “2 Mexicans Linked … agencies to go further with investiga- tions of political corruption in Mexico because of concerns about stability …
Wilson Center Canada · 29 April 2022 English
HA RI SESHASAYEE 5 Economic Diplomacy: The Foundation of India-Latin America ties The historical linkages between India and Latin America remain few and far between–limited as they were to the …
coalition governments, a rigid bureaucracy, political corruption, and frequent protests. India’s economic …
NSP: New Society Publishers · 15 March 2022 English
The Better World Shopping Guide, 7th Edition, rates hundreds of products and services from A to F so you can quickly tell the "good guys" from the "bad guys." Drawing …
questions regarding corporate re- sponsibility, political corruption, and media in- tegrity. Submit your own …
