TY - BOOK AU - Yadav,Vineeta AU - Mukherjee,Bumba TI - The politics of corruption in dictatorships SN - 9781107083233 (hbk.) U1 - 364.1323 YAD 23 PY - 2016/// CY - New York, NY PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Political corruption KW - Dictators N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction -- Geographic Concentration and Political Mobilization by Small- and Medium-Sized Business Firms -- SME Business Association, Multiparty Legislature, and Corruption -- Geographic Concentration and National SME Association in Autocracies: The Empirical Evidence -- Empirical Analysis of Legislative Institutions, SME Firms, and Corruption in Autocracies -- Jordan: Institutional Change and Corruption -- Malaysia: SME Mobilization and Corruption -- Uganda: The Contrarian Case -- Conclusion and Implications N2 - "The Politics of Corruption in Dictatorshipsstudies how institutional and social factors influence corruption in dictatorships. Dictatorships are often synonymous with high levels of corruption, yet Vineeta Yadav and Bumba Mukherjee argue otherwise. The authors ask why corruption has declined in some but not other authoritarian regimes"-- ER -