Public Administration and Policy: An Asia-Pacific Journal: Volume 23 Issue 1 , Open Access

Preface to the special issue

Introduction to the special issue

Corruption scandals in six Asian countries: a comparative analysis

The purpose of this paper is to compare and evaluate how the governments in six Asian countries have dealt with selected grand corruption scandals.

Constitutional corruption in India: an analysis of two Bharatiya Janata Party scandals

This paper focuses on two examples of constitutional corruption in India where the constitution is used for questionable political reasons by the Bharatiya Janata Party under the…

Sontaku and political scandals in Japan

The purpose of this paper is to explain a new scandal ingredient in Japanese politics called sontaku. This word refers to cases when officials grant special treatment to a project…

Comparative corruption scandals in Macau: the cases of Ao Man-long and Ho Chio-meng

This paper aims at comparing and contrasting the Ao Man-long scandal with the Ho Chio-meng case in Macau, drawing lessons from the two events and casting lights on the literature…

1MDB corruption scandal in Malaysia: a study of failings in control and accountability

The aim of the paper is to examine the various aspects of the 1MDB scandal including the extent and types of corruption that occurred and the action taken to deal with them. In…

Grand corruption scandals in the Philippines

The purpose of this article is to analyse the weaknesses of governance institutions in constraining grand corruption arising from the government procurement of large…

Combating corruption in Singapore: a comparative analysis of two scandals

The purpose of this paper is to compare two corruption scandals in Singapore to illustrate how its government has dealt with these scandals and to discuss the implications for its…