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The Politics of Long-Term Corruption Reform: A Combined Social Movement and Action-Learning Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Richard P. Nielsen
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Abstract:

The problem this paper is concerned with is the politics of reforming embedded, parasitic, sometimes predatory, network-based, corruption subsystems. The politics of corruption subsystems is often embedded in social structures sustained by the collective action of interest groups who benefit from the corruption. Therefore, the long-term effectiveness of approaches that focus solely on isolated, individual acts of corruption are limited. The politics of long-term corruption reform can benefit from a combined action-learning and social movement–based collective approach.

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Business Ethics Quarterly , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 2000 , pp. 305 - 317
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Copyright © Society for Business Ethics 2000

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