BSS465 Political corruption

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Aneta Pinková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Division of Security and Strategic Studies – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Mon 8:00–9:40 U42
Prerequisites (in Czech)
!NOW( POL618 Political Corruption ) && ! POL618 Political Corruption
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course offers the possibility of deeper understanding of political corruption, its causes and consequences. It will deal both with theoretical and methodological issues related to the study of corruption (such as definition, operationalization, measurement etc.) and practical/empirical problems such as anti-corruption policies, political party finance and transparency of public contracts.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to:
- explain advantages and weaknesses of various definitions of corruption;
- describe and compare main approaches to research on corruption;
- distinguish between political corruption and lobbying;
- describe possible impacts of corruption on the quality of democracy and the political system;
- debate on academical level on the relationship between corruption and the state of society;
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction: course organization and requirements, definition of corruption.
  • 2. How to measure corruption?
  • 3. Corruption as a social issue.
  • 4. Corruption as a political issue.
  • 5. Corruption, political parties and legislative process.
  • 6. Corruption as an economic issue.
  • 7. Corruption as a security issue.
  • 8. Anti-corruption strategies.
  • 9. Corruption as a political and security issue.
  • 10. Seminar: case studies of political corruption.
  • 11. Seminar: case studies of political corruption.
  • 12. Seminar: case studies of political corruption.
  • 13. Seminar: case studies of political corruption.
Literature
    required literature
  • • Kokeš, Marian. 2014. Boj s korupcí a jeho tzv. mystifikační potenciál na příkladu právní regulace soukromého financování politických stran v ČR, Esej do soutěže IUS et SOCIETAS 2014
  • • Transparency International. 2011. Organised crime, corruption, and the vulnerability of defence and security forces. (https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/files/4420-transparency-internationalorganized-crime).
  • • Rose-Ackerman, Susan. 1999. Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, s. 113-126.
  • • Chene, Marie. 2014. The Impact of Corruption on Growth and Inequality. Transparency International (https://www.transparency.org/files/content/corruptionqas/Impact_of_corruption_on_growth_and_inequality_2014.pdf)
  • • Bayley, David – Perito, Robert. 2011. Police Corruption. What Past Scandals Teach about Current Challenges. United States Institute of Pease (https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/SR%20294.pdf)
  • • Pyman, Mark. 2017. Addressing Corruption in Military Institutions, Public Integrity,19(5), s. 513-528.
  • • Williams, David A. – Dupuy Kendra. 2016. At the extremes: Corruption in natural resource management revisited. Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2016:6) (https://www.cmi.no/publications/5950-at-the-extremes-corruption-in-natural-resource)
  • • Chabová, Krisýna. 2017. Measuring corruption in Europe: public opinion surveys and composite indices. Quality & Quantity, 51(4), s. 1877-1900. (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11135-016-0372-8)
  • • Rose-Ackerman, Susan. 1996. The Political Economy of Corruption. (http://www.adelinotorres.info/economia/a_economia_politica_da_corrup%C3%A7ao.pd)
  • • Kurer, Oskar. 2001. Why do Voters Support Corrupt Politicians? In Arvind K. Jain (ed). The Political Economy of Corruption. London: Routledge. s. 63-86. (http://www.untag-smd.ac.id/files/Perpustakaan_Digital_1/CORRUPTION%20The%20political%20economy%20o
  • • Kpundeh. Sahr. 1997. Political Will in Fighting Corruption. UNDP-PACT and OECD Development Centre Workshop on Corruption and Integrity Improvement Initiatives in the Context of Developing Economies, Paris, 1997.
  • • Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina. 2013. “Controlling Corruption Through Collective Action.” Journal of Democracy vol. 24(1), s. 86–99.
  • • Manzetti, Luigi, – Wilson, Carole, J. 2007. “Why Do Corrupt Governments Maintain Public Support?”, Comparative Political Studies 40(8): 949–970. (http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0010414005285759)
  • • Transparency International, 2018. Index vnímání korupce 2017. (https://www.transparency.cz/index-vnimani-korupce-2017-corruption-perceptions-index-cpi/).
  • • Gardiner, John A. 2001. Defining Corruption, in: Heidenheimer, Arnold J. – Johnston, M. (eds.): Political Corruption, Concepts & Contexts. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, s. 25-40.
  • • Johnston, Michael. 2018. Democratic Norms, Political Money, and Corruption. In. Kubbe, Ina and Engelbert Annika (eds.) Corruption and Norms: Why Informal Rules Matter. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, s. 13–30.
  • • Muno, Wolfgang. 2013. Clientelist corruption networks: conceptual and empirical approaches, in: Debiel, T. – Gawrich, A. (eds.): (Dys-)Functionalities of Corruption: Comparative Perspectives and Methodological Pluralism. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, s. 33-5
  • • Transparency International. 2011. Co je to korupce. (https://www.transparency.cz/korupce/0)
  • • Kobis, Nils, C. – Iragorri-Carter, Daniel – Starke, Christopher. A Social Psychological View on the Social Norms of Corruption. In. Kubbe, Ina and Engelbert Annika (eds.) Corruption and Norms: Why Informal Rules Matter. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, s. 31–
  • • OECD. 2012. Lobbying: influencing decision making with transparency and integrity (http://www.oecd.org/cleangovbiz/toolkit/50101671.pdf)
  • HOLZER, Jan, Miroslav MAREŠ, Pavel DUFEK, Vlastimil HAVLÍK, Michal MOCHŤAK, Aneta PINKOVÁ, Andrew Lawrence ROBERTS, Petra VEJVODOVÁ and Petr KUPKA. Challenges To Democracies in East Central Europe. London: Routledge, 2016, 145 pp. Routledge Advances in European Politics, sv. 127. ISBN 978-1-138-65596-6. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures seminars: presentations of case studies, discussions
Assessment methods
Written test (max. 50 points), participation (min. 4 lecures), active participation (min. 3 seminars), presenation of 2 case studies (max. 25 points / one case study).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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