Corruption in Society: Multidisciplinary Conceptualizations offers a comprehensive understanding of the concept, challenging the prevailing definition in books and articles. It explores corruption in various disciplines, including chemistry, where it involves incorporating defective compounds and making chemicals appear safer. The book provides a discipline-by-discipline conceptualization with empirical evidence.

Format: Hardback
Length: 334 pages
Publication date: 15 May 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Corruption in Society: Multidisciplinary Conceptualizations is a groundbreaking work that delves into the multifaceted nature of corruption in society. It challenges the prevailing definition of corruption as dishonest or fraudulent conduct by individuals with political and/or economic power, often involving bribery. This political-economy or public choice denotation, while valuable, falls short of capturing the comprehensive essence of corruption, as it permeates every discipline. For instance, in the field of chemistry, chemical corruption involves the intentional inclusion of defective compounds in experiments to enhance the simulation of early-Earth conditions and gain insights into the formation of the first molecules of life. Additionally, it encompasses strategies to make chemicals appear safer, often circumventing usage restrictions, by minimizing the estimated environmental release. To address this gap, the book offers a discipline-specific conceptualization of corruption, supported by empirical evidence from each respective field. By adopting this comprehensive approach, Corruption in Society: Multidisciplinary Conceptualizations aims to provide a holistic understanding of corruption and its impact on various disciplines. It highlights the need for a multidisciplinary approach to combat corruption effectively and promotes collaboration among researchers and practitioners from different fields.

Corruption in Society: Multidisciplinary Conceptualizations

Corruption in Society: Multidisciplinary Conceptualizations is the first book to address the notion of corruption in a truly multidisciplinary manner,augmented with empirical evidence. The prevalent definition in books and articles on corruption is that it is a dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those with political and/or economic power,typically involving bribery. This political-economy or public choice denotation,while very useful,is inadequate for a comprehensive understanding of the concept because the notion of corruption appears in every discipline. For example,in the field of chemistry,chemical corruption concerns (a) the incorporation of defective compounds into experiments to better simulate conditions on the early-Earth and to help us understand how the first molecules of life formed and (b) how to make chemicals appear safer,sometimes dodging restrictions on their use,by minimizing the estimates of how much is released into the environment. In order to address this shortcoming,this book provides a discipline-by-discipline conceptualization of corruption buttressed with evidence from the discipline.

Corruption in Society: Multidisciplinary Conceptualizations

Corruption in Society: Multidisciplinary Conceptualizations is a groundbreaking work that delves into the multifaceted nature of corruption in society. It challenges the prevailing definition of corruption as dishonest or fraudulent conduct by individuals with political and/or economic power, often involving bribery. This political-economy or public choice denotation, while valuable, falls short of capturing the comprehensive essence of corruption, as it permeates every discipline. For instance, in the field of chemistry, chemical corruption involves the intentional inclusion of defective compounds in experiments to enhance the simulation of early-Earth conditions and gain insights into the formation of the first molecules of life. Additionally, it encompasses strategies to make chemicals appear safer, often circumventing usage restrictions, by minimizing the estimated environmental release. To address this gap, the book offers a discipline-specific conceptualization of corruption, supported by empirical evidence from each respective field. By adopting this comprehensive approach, Corruption in Society: Multidisciplinary Conceptualizations aims to provide a holistic understanding of corruption and its impact on various disciplines. It highlights the need for a multidisciplinary approach to combat corruption effectively and promotes collaboration among researchers and practitioners from different fields.

Weight: 644g
Dimension: 236 x 450 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781666930924