POLITICAL CORRUPTION: AN INTRODUCTORY STUDY ON TERMINOLOGY AND TYPOLOGY

Year 2015, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 47 - 65, 01.06.2015

Coşkun Can Aktan

Abstract

The concept of corruption is generally used to mean all actions and behaviors constituting bribery, embezzlement, favoritism etc. It is important to note that, “corruption” is the name given to the certain types of corruption (mainly; bribery, embezzlement, favoritism), which has political characteristics. Political corruption has a wider meaning than corruption. In other words, political corruption is an umbrella concept which also includes corruption. This paper explores political corruption, the abuse of public office for private gain. The goal of this paper is to provide the terminology and especially typology of political corruption.

Keywords

Political corruption, bribery

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