Combining history with comparative politics, Matthew M. Carlson and Steven R. Reed take on political corruption and scandals, and the reforms designed to counte

Understanding corruption in Japanese politics -- Scandals in early postwar Japan, 1948-1978 -- Scandals and reform, 1979-2001 -- Scandals and reform, 2002-2016

Scholars often use the term "structural corruption" when discussing modern Japan's political system--a system that forces politicians to exchange favors with bu

A leader of a global superpower is betrayed by his mistress, who makes public the sordid details of their secret affair. His wife stands by as he denies the cha

A study of the corrosive effects of corruption on one of the world's major liberal democracies. It explores the disconnection between democratic rules and undem