The Vicissitudes of Corruption
论文围绕现代性概念，探讨腐败的不同表现形式，指出现代定义与越轨相关，并基于瑞典公路管理局的案例研究，提出前现代和心理学替代理解，对研究公共采购腐败的学者有参考价值。
This thesis explores different manifestations of corruption structured around the notion of modernity. It claims that the modern definition is related to transgression. It also maps out a premodern alternative based on degeneration of character, as well as a psychoanalytical understanding related to stolen enjoyment. This thesis is a study of corruption as bribe taking in purchasing and procurement in the Swedish context. The empirical study is based on an explorative, hermeneutic approach and is conducted as a case study at the Swedish Road Administration—a public procurer of road construction and maintenance work. It holds that the modern understanding of corruption is problematic and that different theoretical alternatives can deepen one’s understanding of corruption.