POLI 227 Lecture Notes - Structural Adjustment, Shia Islam, Kurdish Nationalism
19 Jul 2012
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As soon as you join the oecd you"ve entered the north (ex. South korea and chile are in this category). In what category do we put countries like saudi arabia or qatar whose economies are largely sustained by one product (oil). News story: in the maldives there was slow motion coup which saw the elected government pushed out by the military and people with ties to the former regime. It was a combination of political plotting and support for security forces. Corruption is a frequent (although not inevitable) part of neopatrimonial regimes. Some of the most corrupt countries are in africa and east asia. Even within a country, corruption can vary dramatically between certain parts of a country ex. The public perception of corruption and how often people engage in corruption are very different. Ex) people (85%) believe that hamas and the palestinian territory is very corrupt, but very few people say that they have ever paid a bribe.
