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Monthly Archives: January 2008
Reeves, “Nixon”
I worked pretty hard to cut this down to just the highlights. When you see comments about the Nixon administration, you don’t usually get actual support for the claims. This book is different, it is base on a painstaking review … Continue reading
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Johnston, “Measuring the New Corruption Rankings”
1960s style definitions. Difference between “concept” and “measurement” Validity (meaning), Reliability (stability), Precision (fineness) Level of measurement question. Are the numbers meaningful? How compare across time/countries? First Generation measures: Sample survey tools Focus on Transparency International’s CPI What is the … Continue reading
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Peters and Welch, “Gradients of Corruption in Perceptions of American Life”
Definitions. Reviews Gardiner’s arguments Claims study of corruption is held back by definition. I wonder. Probably it is more held back by lack of useful research questions. Anyway.. Corruption is violation of formal norms/legal standards, or includes “norms” or public … Continue reading
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Gardiner, “Defining Corruption”
I like the general idea that corruption is diversion of resources from public to private purposes. That’s not enough for Gardiner. Originally published 1993 Look at separate problems (really separate?) 1. Corruption Nye (1967) corruption is deviation from behavior norms … Continue reading
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N800 list packages in order of installation
/var/lib/dpkg/info # ls -rt shows list of packages in order of update/installation
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