POLS 3440 Chapter Notes - Chapter Online article: Nepotism, Urban Renewal, Planned Economy
2 Feb 2017
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It"s unclear where the boundaries of the concept of corruption lies. There are important variations among and within nations, and among various publics, as to the ways the term is applied in practice. Abuse of office by public officials: canadian political scientist kenneth gibbons suggests what some may label abuse. A civil servant gives a position in his office to a relative (nepotism) Political party wins an election and then removes all office-holders who supported the opposition party (patronage) A legislator owns stock in a mining company and votes for a bill which will give tax concessions to the company (legislative conflict of interest) Government bureaucrats use their knowledge and contacts to establish a part-time consulting firm which gives advice to private clients (bureaucratic conflict of interest) Definitions of corruption: legal, public interest and public opinion criteria. Legal definitions of corruption: james c. scott warns us of 3 problems of the legalistic definition of corruption.
