Dangerous collusion: corruption as a collective venture in contemporary China

Gong, Ting

doi:10.1016/s0967-067x(01)00026-5

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“…At the same time, they tap into common human emotions such as anger and hope. Corruption is the major source of public anger in China because it takes many forms that massively damage social welfare and public trust, especially in connection with civil rights abuses against citizens (Gong 2002;Meng 2014;Wedeman 2004Wedeman , 2012Wedeman , 2013a). An official response that is likely to placate public anger is one which promises the public: "We feel for you, and we will be your hero," and one which calls forth public heroic actions.…”

Section: Corrupt Powerful Senior Officials Are Tigers B Corrupt Locamentioning

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“…At the same time, Chinese society is faced with "an extraordinary and serious epidemic of corruption" (Meng 2014: 33). There seems to be a consensus among China scholars that the reforms that brought about liberalization and commercialization, and fueled the economic boom, also drove the surge of corruption by providing fertile soil for its rampant growth (Gong 2002(Gong , 2006Guo 2008). Wedeman observes a "coevolution" of economic growth and worsening corruption (Wedeman 2012: 10).…”

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Winds and tigers: metaphor choice in China’s anti-corruption discourse

Jing–Schmidt

Peng

2017

lingua. sin.

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This article examines metaphor choice in China's official anti-corruption discourse. Drawing on corpus data, we analyze the metaphors used by the Chinese Communist Party and its flagship newspaper, the People' s Daily, to frame the anti-corruption campaign and influence public perception. It is found that both embodied experience and cultural models are recruited as the metaphoric vehicles or source domains for the strategic profiling of different aspects of corruption and anticorruption actions as the target domain. Additionally, metaphor choice is systematically different in the Chinese and the English versions of the party newspaper, reflecting that metaphor use is sensitive to sociocultural context, especially to the knowledge base within an epistemic community.

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Section: Corrupt Powerful Senior Officials Are Tigers B Corrupt Locamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Winds and tigers: metaphor choice in China’s anti-corruption discourse

Jing–Schmidt

Peng

2017

lingua. sin.

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“…individual calculations and the pursuit of personal interests. 86 The university administration is interested in preserving the student body since student tuition and fees constitute a significant and stable part of the university revenues. In private universities this is the only source of revenue.…”

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Corruption of the Politicized University: Lessons from the Orange Revolution in Ukraine

Osipian

2008

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This paper argues that corruption is used on a systematic basis as a mechanism of direct and indirect administrative control from the state level down to local authorities and administrations of public and private institutions. Informal approval of corrupt activities in exchange for loyalty and compliance with the regime is commonplace in many countries. This paper explains how corrupt regimes maximize their position in terms of loyalty and compliance by using the example of the 2004 presidential elections in Ukraine. It presents mechanisms by which political bureaucracies politicize universities in order to influence students and channel their electoral power during the Orange Revolution in Ukraine.Key words: corruption, elections, politicization, students, university, Ukraine JEL Codes: I23, I28, P36, P37 3 IntroductionUkraine has a strategic location between Europe and Asia, remains geopolitically indecisive, squeezed between the West and Russia. This geopolitical position predetermines high interest in the country. Surprisingly, little was said about this nation since it gained independence after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991. Strategic developments in the region, including the interests of the European Union, NATO, 1 and Russia, warrant more focus on Ukraine in the near future. The battle for Ukraine so far has been a very bleak. More attention to the country's political development may be expected over the next few decades. Political life inUkraine remains terra incognita, indeed. Ukrainian authorities constantly face serious challenges.The ruling regime is not monolithic, but consists of competing groups. These groups' future political prospects depend heavily on the popular support they can receive from the public.Recent political events in Ukraine that have become known as the Orange Revolution and its aftermath raise questions about their moving forces. Answering these questions presents an opportunity to learn from the events. This paper addresses the role of universities in political changes in Ukraine, and more specifically, the mechanisms by which universities are turned into active political players and the grounds on which these mechanisms operate.On the one hand, students are involved heavily in political actions and the voting process.On the other hand, higher education institutions (HEIs) in Ukraine are notoriously corrupt. The question to be researched is how these two might be linked? This paper presents the concept of corruption as a mechanism of administrative control and shows how it may be applied to HEIs in order to politicize them and channel student power to benefit certain candidates in the presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine. It uses comparisons with other former Soviet republics to better highlight the issue and sustain the line of argumentation.4 Political challengesThe current political crisis in Ukraine is not a new phenomenon for the country but falls Yushchenko, only 15.9 percent. 5The opposition continues to accuse President Yushchenko in an a...

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“…There are numerous records and research statements that public offices in developing and transition economies are on sale and profitable or bread-winning places are bought-out (Gong, 1997(Gong, , 2002Goorha, 2000;He, 2000). In the hierarchy, a lump sum payment is often required to receive a position in a corrupt organization.…”

Section: Transition From Horizontal Structure Of Corruption To Hierarchymentioning

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Corrupt Organizational Hierarchies in the Former Soviet Bloc

Osipian

2007

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Increasing scale and scope of corruption in the former Soviet Bloc, as well as numerous other countries, urges better understanding of the problem within the context of socio-economic transformations as it touches upon issues of organizational structures. This paper presents an overview of the research on corruption in organizations and develops models of corrupt organizations, including the vertical structure, the horizontal structure, and the hierarchy, as applied to transition economies.

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Dangerous collusion: corruption as a collective venture in contemporary China

Cited by 151 publications

References 11 publications

Winds and tigers: metaphor choice in China’s anti-corruption discourse

Winds and tigers: metaphor choice in China’s anti-corruption discourse

Corruption of the Politicized University: Lessons from the Orange Revolution in Ukraine

Corrupt Organizational Hierarchies in the Former Soviet Bloc

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