The best system money can buy: corruption in the European Union

Corruption dynamics in the European Union -- Does competition in the European Union corrupt? -- "Corruption is our friend" : exporting graft in infrastructure, arms, and oil -- The myth of the market : privatization -- Decentralization, democracy, and graft -- The corruption of campaign and party financing -- The pathologies of an international organization -- The European Union, the international political economy, and corruption

Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 CORRUPTION DYNAMICS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION -- 2 DOES COMPETITION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION CORRUPT? -- 3 "CORRUPTION IS OUR FRIEND" -- 4 THE MYTH OF THE MARKET -- 5 DECENTRALIZATION, DEMOCRACY, AND GRAFT -- 6 THE CORRUPTION OF CAMPAIGN AND PARTY FINANCING -- 7 THE PATHOLOGIES OF AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION -- 8 THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY, AND CORRUPTION -- Appendix 1 KEY DEAD MEN -- Appendix 2 BRIEF SURVEY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION -- Appendix 3 THE MAJOR INSTITUTIONS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION -- Notes -- Index.