Science news articles about 'political corruption'

  • Study finds link between political corruption and FEMA money

    Where natural disasters strike, political corruption is soon to follow, say the authors of a study in the Journal of Law and Economics. But it's not the wind and rain that turns good folks bad; it's ...
  • Transparency in politics can lead to greater corruption

    Why are some countries more prone to political corruption? Viviana Stechina from Uppsala University, Sweden, has investigated why corruption among the political elite was more extensive in Argentina ...
  • UC Davis researcher begins study of Osama bin Laden audio tapes

    ... . The recordings also confirm him as a man who regards his homeland, Saudi Arabia, as corrupt, believes that Islam has been perverted by ruling Arab leaders across the Middle East, views Muslims as ...
  • The power of speech

    ... has transfixed western societies since before Joseph Conrad's rogue trader Kurtz was corrupted in the Congo. Yet Everett's life could be a more dramatic example of enlightenment and destruction than ...
  • The freedom of power

    ... ways of doing things." "Although power is often thought of as a pernicious force that corrupts people who possess it, it is the protection from situational influence that helps powerful individuals ...

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