A polychromatic turn in corruption research?

Crime, Law and Social Change

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-97

  Moroff, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

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EID: 4544255107     PISSN: 09254994     EISSN: 15730751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CRIS.0000041037.22694.0b     Document Type: Review

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1. Written in the memory and honor of Arnold Heidenheimer: A dedicated teacher and friend.
2. Heidenheimer, A., "Disjunction Between Corruption and Democracy? A Qualitative Exploration", Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 30-September 2, 2001, and reprinted in this issue. Available as a pdf-file at: http://pro.harvard.edu/ papers/110/110001Heidenheim.pdf.
3. For an analysis of the OECD effort at criminalizing corruption in international business transactions see Heidenheimer A. and Moroff H. "Controlling Business Payoffs to Foreign Officials: The 1998 OECD Anti-Bribery Convention," in A. J. Heidenheimer and M. Johnston (eds.), Political Corruption: Concepts and Contexts, New Brunswick, 2002, pp. 943-959.
4. Heidenheimer, A. J. (2001) op. cit., p. 13.
5. Heidenheimer, A. J. (2001) op. cit., p. 2.
6. Heidenheimer, A. J. (ed.), Political Corruption: Readings in Comparative Analysis, 1970, p. 3.
7. The German school of concept history focuses on the transition period from Renaissance to Modernity, which might be a most fruitful period to study for our understanding of present day corruption discourse. See also Génaux, M. "Early Modern Corruption in English and French Fields of Vision," in A. J. Heidenheimer and M. Johnston (eds.), op. cit., pp. 107-121. For an excellent overview in English on methods and aims of concept history see Richter, M., The History of Political and Social Concepts, Oxford, 1995.
8. The German school of concept history focuses on the transition period from Renaissance to Modernity, which might be a most fruitful period to study for our understanding of present day corruption discourse. See also Génaux, M. "Early Modern Corruption in English and French Fields of Vision," in A. J. Heidenheimer and M. Johnston (eds.), op. cit., pp. 107-121. For an excellent overview in English on methods and aims of concept history see Richter, M., The History of Political and Social Concepts, Oxford, 1995.
9. Luhmann, N., Die Politik der Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, 2000, pp. 69-139.
10. Even political scientists thought so. See Eschenburg, T., "The Decline of the Bureaucratic Ethos in the Federal Republic," in A. J. Heidenheimer (ed.), Political Corruption: Readings in Comparative Analysis, 1970, pp. 259-266.
11. For an analysis of present day differences in the semantic field of corruption and its use in newspaper language see: Moroff, H. and Blechinger, V., "Corruption Terms in the World Press: How Languages Differ," in A. J. Heidenheimer and M. Johnston (eds.), op. cit., pp. 885-905.
12. An excellent overview of crimal code provisions in many OECD countries can be found in Eser, A. et al., Korruptionsbekämpfung durch Strafrecht: Ein rechtsvergleichendes Gutachten zu den Bestechungsdelikten, Freiburg, 1997.
13. For recent examples including the Enron and WorldCom bankruptcies in the summer 2002 and reports on CEOs receiving stock options from investment banks in return for their companies' business with them, see The Economist, 7-13 September 2002, p. 78.
14. Friedrich, C. J. "Corruption Concepts in Historical Perspective," in A. J. Heidenheimer and M. Johnston (eds.), 1972, op. cit., p. 20.
15. The "Keating Five" scandal in the U.S. and the "Flick Affair" in Germany are just two of the more prominent examples. See Moroff, H., "American and German Fundraising Fiascos and their Aftermaths," in A. J. Heidenheimer and M. Johnston (eds.), op. cit., pp. 687-710.
16. Christine Landfried Parteienfinanzen und politische Macht - Eine vergleichende Studie zur Bundesrepublik Deutschland, zu Italien und den USA, Baden-Baden, 1994.
17. A differentiated discussion of the U.S. Supreme Court's discourse on corruption and campaign finance is provided by Burke, T., "Corruption Concepts and Federal Campaign Finance Law," in A. J. Heidenheimer and M. Johnston (eds.), op. cit., pp. 645-664.
18. For a more detailed analysis of these factors see: Moroff, H., op. cit., pp. 701-703.
19. For a similar view see Thompson, D. F., "Mediated Corruption: The Case of the Keating Five," in American Political Science Review 87(2), 1993, p. 375.
20. See "Keating Five Report": The Report of the Select Committee on Ethics of the United States Senate: The Investigation of Senator Alan Cranston, S. Rep. No. 223, 102nd Congress, 1st Session, 1991.
21. Hans Boldt Deutsche Verfassungsgeschichte, Vol. 2, München, 1990, pp. 109-176. The three class voting system was not wholly new at the time; it had a long tradition in communal politics of the Rhineland.
22. See Huntington, S. P. and Nye, J. S., in A. J. Heidenheimer and M. Johnston (eds.), op. cit., pp. 281-300 (Nye), 253-263 (Huntington).
23. See also James Scott "Handling Historical Comparisons Cross-Nationally," in A. J. Heidenheimer and M. Johnston (eds.), op. cit., pp. 130-132.
24. See Lauth, H.-J. and U. Liebert (eds.), Im Schatten demokratischer Legitimität. Informelle Institutionen und politische Partizipation im interkulturellen Demokratievergleich, Opladen, 1999.
25. Especially on lobbying see Smith, R., "Interest Group Influence in the U.S. Congress," in Legislative Quarterly 20(1), 1995, pp. 89-139.