Political economies of corruption beyondliberalism: An interpretative view of Zimbabwe

摘要

This paper models the political economy of corruption in the 'space beyond' the corruptiondiscourse, using a case study of Zimbabwe. While a critical body of writers have examined therelationship between global neoliberal governance and the anti-corruption agenda within aid-recipient states, there is less critical work about the political economy of corruption in pariah andfailing states. This paper asks how far political corruption can be identified and understood in spacesbeyond the neoliberal paradigm, when instead of existing as a normative aberration, it is a centralmoment of instrumental state power.