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Acknowledgements

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Vincent
Published date01 August 1997
Date01 August 1997
DOI10.1111/1467-9248.00088
Subject MatterAcknowledgements
Acknowledgements Political Studies (1997), XLIV, ii
Acknowledgements
When Mick Moran invited me in 1994 to edit this special issue, my pleasure in
accepting was soon overtaken by apprehension over whether, three years later,
the market for such a volume would be saturated. There has certainly been no
shortage in recent years of edited collections, special journal issues and con-
ferences on the theme of political corruption. Many of these have taken the
form of area-based case studies, which have provided invaluable detail as well as
a framework for comparative analysis. Rather than follow that well-trodden
path, however, the aim of this volume is to bring together scholars from a range
of di€erent disciplines within the social sciences in order to see what common
themes and concerns emerge, and how they may be mutually informed.
All bar two of the papers were ®rst presented at a workshop held at the
University of Nottingham on 10±11 June, 1996. The workshop was made
possible through an award from the British Academy, with further ®nancial
support provided by the Political Studies Association of the UK. Its success was
due in no small measure to the outstanding organizational talents of April
Pidgeon, who also did an excellent job in coping later on with the technological
vicissitudes of data transfer. The other vital...

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