Political Corruption

Doron Navot

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20928-9_889

Political Corruption

Doron Navot

School of Political Sciences

University of Haifa

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Abstract

The misuse of public power for private interest. Corruptionis an evocative and pejorative term that is used in political contexts to express rage, disappointment and usually also a call for a change. Political corruption, which refers to abuse of public power, is one of the most discussed issues all over the world since the end of the cold war. The prominence role of corruption during the year 2015 and the first months of 2016 can demonstrate this point. For example, in the United States of America, the most established democracy in the world, the candidates’ talk about corruption in American politics was one of the reasons for the popularity of the candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election, Donald Trump, or of the candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of Berny Sanders. The leader of….

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Go.
Subtitle of host publication	With 294 Figures and 229 Tables
Pages	4669-4677
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319209289
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20928-9_889
State	Published - 1 Jan 2018

Keywords

Abuse of power
Bribery
Graft
Immorality

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

General Medicine
General Business,Management and Accounting
General Social Sciences

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