| Preface | |
| Corruption Concepts in Historical Perspective | p. 15 |
| Defining Corruption | p. 25 |
| Conceptualizing Political Corruption | p. 41 |
| What is the Problem about Corruption? | p. 59 |
| Corruption as a Historical Phenomenon | p. 83 |
| The Sale of Public Offices | p. 95 |
| Early Modern Corruption in English and French Fields of Vision | p. 107 |
| Handling Historical Comparisons Cross-Nationally | p. 123 |
| Perspectives on the Perception of Corruption | p. 141 |
| Gradients of Corruption in Perceptions of American Public Life | p. 155 |
| Right and Wrong in American Politics: Popular Conceptions of Corruption | p. 173 |
| The Development of Political Corruption in Israel | p. 199 |
| Corruption, Machine Politics and Political Change | p. 221 |
| Exchanging Material Benefits for Political Support: A Comparative Analysis | p. 233 |
| Modernization and Corruption | p. 253 |
| Corruption as a Hindrance to Modernization in South Asia | p. 265 |
| Corruption and Political Development: A Cost-Benefit Analysis | p. 281 |
| Economic Development Through Bureaucratic Corruption | p. 307 |
| Corruption and Development: A Review of Issues | p. 321 |
| The Effects of Corruption on Growth and Public Expenditure | p. 339 |
| When is Corruption Harmful? | p. 353 |
| Corruption in the Neo-Patrimonial States of Sub-Saharan Africa | p. 379 |
| Political Corruption in South Africa: From Apartheid to Multiracial State | p. 403 |
| The Institutional Framework for Corruption Control in Uganda | p. 425 |
| A Comparative Analysis of African and East Asian Corruption | p. 441 |
| Patron-Client Networks and the Economic Effects of Corruption in Asia | p. 467 |
| The Politics of Privilege: Rents and Corruption in Asia | p. 489 |
| Responses to Corruption in Asian Societies | p. 513 |
| Soviet Political Culture and Modes of Covert Influence | p. 539 |
| Bribery and Other Ways of Coping with Officialdom in Post-Communist Eastern Europe | p. 559 |
| Corruption and the Future of Economic Reform in China | p. 583 |
| Corruption Under German National Socialism | p. 605 |
| Variations in Corruption among the American States | p. 627 |
| Corruption Concepts and Federal Campaign Finance Law | p. 645 |
| Corruption Control in New York and Its Discontents | p. 665 |
| American and German Fund Raising Fiascoes and Their Aftermaths | p. 687 |
| Corrupt Exchanges and the Implosion of the Italian Party System | p. 717 |
| Party Finance and Political Scandal: Comparing Italy, Spain, and France | p. 739 |
| Parties, Campaign Finance and Political Corruption: Tracing Long-Term Comparative Dynamics | p. 761 |
| Party Systems, Competition, and Political Checks Against Corruption | p. 777 |
| High Level Political Corruption in Latin America: A "Transitional" Phenomenon? | p. 801 |
| A Theory of Limits on Corruption and Some Applications | p. 819 |
| Public Trust and Corruption in Japan | p. 835 |
| Measuring the New Corruption Rankings: Implications for Analysis and Reform | p. 865 |
| Corruption Terms in the World Press: How Language Differ | p. 885 |
| Judicial Anti-Corruption Initiatives: Latin Europe in a Global Setting | p. 911 |
| Corruption as an International Policy Problem | p. 925 |
| Controlling Business Payoffs to Foreign Officials: The 1998 OECD Anti-Bribery Convention | p. 943 |
| Guide to Articles in Previous Editions of Political Corruption | p. 961 |
| Contributors | p. 967 |
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