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Corruption: A Study in Political Economy focuses on the problem of corruptions in political economy and functional bribery. This book is organized into four parts encompassing 11 chapters. Chapters 2 to 4 deal with the fundamental relationship among voters, legislators, and interest groups, as well as the role of the government bureaucracy in shaping legislative choices. Chapters 5 illustrates the basic relationships with an analysis of a monopolistic government official charged with allocating a benefit through a queuing system, while Chapter 6 retains the assumption of a single official with monopoly power but moves beyond the queuing model to consider alternative sanctioning strategies, a wider variety of bureaucratic tasks, and bribers who may be competitively or monopolisticly organized. Chapters 7 and 8 explore the potential of a system where officials are permitted to compete with one another in processing applications for governmental benefits. Under this system, an individual or firm rejected by one official can seek the benefit from other bureaucrats. Chapter 9 introduces a final administrative variable into the analysis, while Chapter 10 discusses the governmental corruption to analogous corrupt activities entirely within the private sector. Lastly, Chapter 11 looks into the relation between corruption and democratic theory, the possibility of reforming corrupt bureaucracies, and the link between economics and morality. This book will be of value to public servants, legislators, economists, sociologists, and researchers. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Dedication , Page v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS , Pages xi-xii 1 - CORRUPTION AS A PROBLEM IN POLITICAL ECONOMY , Pages 1-14 2 - CORRUPTION AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS: THE COST OF INFLUENCE IN AN INDIVIDUALISTIC LEGISLATURE , Pages 15-32 3 - INTEREST GROUP ACTIVITY AND THE LEGISLATURE: CORRUPTION, CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, AND LOBBYING , Pages 33-58 4 - BUREAUCRATIC CORRUPTION AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS , Pages 59-84 5 - LINING UP AND PAYING OFF , Pages 85-108 6 - MONOPOLISTIC BUREAUCRACY , Pages 109-135 7 - COMPETITIVE BUREAUCRACY: CORRUPTION IN REGULATORY AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS , Pages 137-151 8 - COMPETITIVE BUREAUCRACY: VAGUENESS, COERCION, AND MARKET STRUCTURE , Pages 153-166 9 - BUREAUCRATIC STRUCTURE AND CORRUPTION , Pages 167-188 10 - CORRUPTION AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR , Pages 189-209 11 - CONCLUSIONS: ECONOMICS, POLITICS, AND MORALITY , Pages 211-234 BIBLIOGRAPHY , Pages 235-245 AUTHOR INDEX , Pages 247-250 SUBJECT INDEX , Pages 251-258 Susan Rose-ackerman. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. 235-245.