The Politics of Corruption in the People's Republic of China

Bibliographic Data

ID3406124
AuthorsAlan P L Liu (University of California, Santa Barbara, corresponding author)
Year1983
Volume77
Issue3
Pages602-623
Publication date1983-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Political Science Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1957262
OpenAlexW2323363098
LanguageEN
Citations received28
References cited13

This article analyzes pervasive political corruption in the People's Republic of China today, based on a collection of 275 media reports from 1977 to 1980. First, a description of the types of corruption, the characteristics of corruptors, and the urban-rural concentration of corruption is presented. Then, an analysis of the regional variation in corruption is made, taking into account political, strategic, social, and economic factors. Third, Chinese "theorizing" about the causes of corruption is described, and its correspondence with some outstanding Western theories on corruption is discussed. Finally, Chinese authorities' strategy of weakening the "system of corruption" in China is evaluated, especially the strengthening of social control

China · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · Language change · People's Republic · Political corruption · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Corruption and Economic Development · Law

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