Corruption
Controlling Corruption Through Collective Action
ArticlePolitical competition by itself does not curb corruption. Societies must also have a combination of values, social capital, civil society, and civic culture in order to impose effective normative constraints on corruption.
Southeast Asia: Minding the Gap Between Democracy and Governance
ArticleDo democracy and good governance necessarily go hand-in-hand? In most Southeast Asian countries, a gap exists between the two. How should we understand good governance in an authoritarian context? And what does poor governance mean for the legitimacy of democracy?
China and East Asian Democracy: Is CCP Rule Fragile or Resilient?
ArticleIs “authoritarian resilience” in China a passing phenomenon, or is it something more durable?
Corruption in India: Can Freedom of Information Help?
ArticleIndia’s Right to Information Act discourages corruption by giving every citizen the right to access information from any public authority.
Corruption in India: An Enduring Threat
ArticleSocial activist Anna Hazare’s hunger strike has helped to turn the world’s attention to India’s rampant corruption.
Election Observers and Their Biases
ArticleWhy do election monitors sometimes issue contradictory statements or endorse flawed elections? The answers are not always straightforward; in some cases, the monitors’ good intentions may undermine their credibility.
Ukraine: The Uses of Divided Power
ArticleThe 2010 presidential election shows that Ukraine is both a surprisingly stable electoral democracy and a disturbingly corrupt one. The corruption, moreover, may have a lot to do with the stability.
Mozambique's Slide into One Party Rule
ArticleOnce touted as a regional success story, Mozambique has been backsliding toward one-party-dominant rule, and has now slipped off the Freedom House list of electoral democracies. How and why did this happen?
Trouble in Central America: Guatemala on the Brink
ArticleStrange and unsettling turns of events further roiled the already-troubled waters of Guatemalan political life in 2009, driving the crime-ridden country’s shaky democracy to the brink.
Trouble in Central America: Honduras Unravels
ArticleA Central American military once again returned to the political center stage in 2009, but this had less to do with power-hungry generals than with warring civilian elites whose respect for liberal-democratic principles proved to be questionable at best.
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