Clark, William A. <br/><br/>
Comparative anti-corruption policy: the American, Soviet and Russian cases 

 -  2000 
 - p.101-48 
 - Jan 
<br/><br/> In light of significant conceptual and methodological difficulties that face comparative corruption research, we propose to treat comparative anti-corruption policy as worthy of study in its own right. By using measures of enforcement activity as evidence of anti-corruption, rather than flawed proxy measures of corruption, we endeavor to surmount some of obstacles to comparing radically different political systems. We compare anti-corruption activity in the US and the USSR and elaborate three theoretical perspectives - emphasizing political, institutional, and symbolic factors - and show how each might improve our understanding of anti-corruption policy in the two nations. By applying these three frameworks to the Russian republic, we assess anti-corruption policy in an unsettled, emerging political system and suggest that the dynamics that underlie Russia's anti-corruption policy will more closely resemble US policy than was the case in the USSR. - Reproduced 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Corruption - United States<br/>Corruption - Russia<br/>Corruption