Abstract
It is significant to examine Chinese debates over corruption for several reasons. These debates confirm certain universal aspects of corruption that have been emphasized in the Western social science literature. They also suggest unique features of corruption that are useful for understanding the issue in the Chinese context. They further reveal how the conceptualization of corruption is politicized in the Chinese discourse,giving insight to the alignment of political and intellectual forces on the issue. Finally, Chinese analyses have heuristic values for general discussions of political corruption. This paper surveys Chinese debates over the definitions, sources, and consequences of corruption from the late 1980's to the late 1990's.
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Sun, Y. The politics of conceptualizing corruption in reform China. Crime, Law and Social Change 35, 245–270 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011220810892
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011220810892