Teaching Comparative

Even More on Corruption and Politics

Whoa! There's getting to be quite a collection of these news stories about corruption and politics. Here are two more.

Maybe there are enough articles to build a a full-fledged topical unit. Now, where were the first ones? Did you book mark them? How can you find them?

There are many answers to those questions. Some better than others. You could work your way back through the archvies of the blog. Looking for promising titles. (I choose titles that are accurate, but also ones I think will invite you to read further. So, the titles might not always reveal everything.)

A better way to find the articles would probably be to go to the "deli.cio.us" page, "compgovpol," that's connected to this blog. I add each blog entry to that collection.

See the link on the right edge of this page? (Or just click on the name above.) Once there, you can click on a tag on the right side of the page to sort the entries there by topic. Corruption is one of those topics. Individual countries and basic concepts are also topics.

Another method to find the recent spate of articles on corruption and politics is to go to the "Teaching Comparative Government and Politics" forums. Blog entries also become topics in the forums.

There's a link to them at the right as well. (Or you can click on the title here.) Those forums are organized primarily by country, although there is a forum about basic concepts as well.

If that helps you put together lessons or units of study, then I've succeeded here. If there are other things you'd like to see here, let me know. (Use the "Comments" link at the bottom of every entry.)

Nigeria governors in graft probe

"Almost all of Nigeria's state governors are being investigated for corruption, the anti-graft agency head has said.

"Nuhu Ribadu told the Nigerian Senate that 31 of the 36 governors were being investigated and that 15 of them would be charged in the coming weeks.

"He also said that the world's biggest thief was Nigerian but was prevented from naming him.

"Critics of President Olusegun Obasanjo say the fight against corruption is being used as a political tool.

"But Mr Ribadu denies these charges..."

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China corruption scandal widens

"Another senior Shanghai official has been implicated in a major corruption scandal, a city spokesman said.

"The scandal has already led to the sacking of the financial hub's top politician, Chen Liangyu.

"The investigation is being viewed as an attempt by President Hu Jintao to strengthen his position within the ruling Communist Party.

"Sun Luyi is the latest senior party official to be investigated in Shanghai's widening corruption scandal.

"The Party leadership in Beijing is wasting little time in stamping its authority on China's richest city..."

posted by Ken Wedding @ 9:51 AM