Book contents
- A Comparative Historical Sociology of Corruption
- Cambridge Studies in Historical Sociology
- A Comparative Historical Sociology of Corruption
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1Introduction
- Part IEmergence
- Part IIInstitutionalization
- Part IIIMobilization
- 9Mobilization from Above and Below
- 10Promiscuous Mobilization
- 11The Contingency of Mobilization
- 12The Structure of the Anti-corruption Field
- 13Conclusion
- Index
- References
13 - Conclusion
Deep Analogies across Different Configurations of Corruption
from Part III - Mobilization
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 December 2025
Book contents
- A Comparative Historical Sociology of Corruption
- Cambridge Studies in Historical Sociology
- A Comparative Historical Sociology of Corruption
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1Introduction
- Part IEmergence
- Part IIInstitutionalization
- Part IIIMobilization
- 9Mobilization from Above and Below
- 10Promiscuous Mobilization
- 11The Contingency of Mobilization
- 12The Structure of the Anti-corruption Field
- 13Conclusion
- Index
- References
Summary
In the conclusion, we weave together the themes of the volume. We trace three historically overlapping configurations corruption and colonialism, corruption and modernity, and neoliberalism and anti-corruptionism and suggest that we may be entering into a one (a fourth one) characterized by illiberalism. Additionally, we propose “deep analogies” that cross-cut the configurations, including corruption’s inevitable intertwining with power, institutional sedimentation, and processes of evaluation.
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- A Comparative Historical Sociology of Corruption , pp. 252 - 276Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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