Anti-corruption in a New Way -- Research on Corruption Issues in China during the Transformation Period

Author: He Zengke
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Publish Date: 2002-04-01
Features: This book comprehensively applies cutting-edge theories and analytical frameworks from international social sciences, such as new institutionalism, governance and good governance, civil society, and the third sector, to conduct an in-depth study of corruption and anti-corruption issues during China's transitional period. It presents original insights. Based on a large amount of domestic and foreign hand data, the author analyzes the specific manifestations, characteristics, types, extent, and evolutionary trends of corruption during China's transitional period. Additionally, using institutional analysis, the author examines the motivational, opportunistic, and soft constraint structures that induce political corruption during this period. The author also analyzes the impacts—both current and potential—that political corruption has brought and may bring, from the perspective of institutional defects—corruption—institutional degradation—performance deterioration. The author of this book believes that after arduous exploration, the Party and government have found a new path to effectively combat corruption under the new historical conditions of reform and opening up and socialist modernization, namely preventing and addressing corruption at its source through institutional reform and innovation. In this regard, encouraging achievements have been made. Finally, the author proposes policy recommendations for how China should proceed with institutional reform and innovation to combat corruption from the perspectives of governance and good governance.