Corruption by Design: Building Clean Government in Mainland China and Hong Kong

by Melanie Manion

This book contrasts experiences of mainland China and Hong Kong to explore the pressing question of how governments can transform a culture of widespread corruption to one of clean government. Melanie Manion examines Hong Kong as the best example of the possibility of reform. Within a few years it achieved a spectacularly successful conversion to clean government. Mainland China illustrates the difficulty of reform. Despite more than two decades...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674014863
• ISBN13: 9780674014862
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"