HS 201F — Corruption, Government Integrity, and Development

Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit.

Examines the ways in which corruption -- usually defined as the abuse of public or other entrusted authority for private gain -- is correlated with government dysfunction or lack of integrity, whether in the form of patronage, clientelism, shirking, self-dealing, or various forms of bribery, extortion, and misappropriation. The course also looks at the underlying political economy and incentive structures that give rise to such loss or absence of governmental integrity; including deficiencies in accountability, oversight, and above all, political and economic competition. Usually offered every year.
Mr. Russell-Einhorn