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This work discusses the economic literature on Corruption. I draw the distinction between market- and parochial corruption. The institutions and the corrupt contract are the base of the following analysis. Corruption happens within a Principal-Agent relationship. Corruption may flourish if economic rents exist, the costs of corruption are low or if the agents have large discretionary power. I discuss whether corruption always has to have negat...

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: South East Europe, Balkans, grade: 1, 0, University of Vienna, language: English, abstract: Peace, democracy, prosperity, stability and growth are the foundations of modern, western-styled democracies. These basic principles are the result of a long, intrinsic process of state-building, democratisation and liberalisation in the so-called western countries. When...

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Sociology - Political Sociology, Majorities, Minorities, grade: 1, , language: English, abstract: The concept of civil society has become very popular in the last decades. The end of communistic governments in the communist countries of the Eastern part of Europe has increased the interest and research on if and how much civil society contributed to these events. Under the light of the constant conflict ...