Uslaner E.M. Corruption, Inequality, and the Rule of Law: The Bulging Pocket Makes the Easy Life

Cambridge University Press, 2008. — 360 p.Based on cross-national aggregate analyses, the author suggests that the roots of corruption lie in economic and legal inequality and low levels of generalized trust; high inequality leads to low trust and high corruption, and then to more inequality-an inequality trap.Corruption: The Basic Story
Corruption and the Inequality Trap
Corruption, Inequality, and Trust: The Linkages Across Nations
Transition and the Road to the Inequality Trap
The Rocky Road to Transition: The Case of Romania
Half Empty or Almost Full?: Mass and Elite Perceptions of Corruption in Estonia, Slovakia, and Romania
The Easy and Hard Cases: Africa and Singapore and Hong Kong
Corruption Isn't Inevitable, But...
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