The book provides an accessible account of the significance of political corruption, its causes, consequences and remedies.

James L. Newell is a former Professor of Politics and author of Silvio Berlusconi: A study in failure (MUP, 2018)

Preface
1 Definitions of political corruption and why study corruption
2 Growth, spread and measurement of corruption
3 The causes and explanations of political corruption
4 The mechanisms and dynamics of corruption
5 Political corruption and organised crime
6 Political corruption and scandal
7 Anti-corruption: prevention and control
8 Corruption in liberal democracies: A case study of Italy
9 Political corruption in Central and Eastern Europe
10 Political corruption in the developing and newly industrialised states