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Part I - Emergence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2025

Marco Garrido
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University of Chicago
Marina Zaloznaya
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University of Iowa
Nicholas Hoover Wilson
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State University of New York, Stony Brook
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  • Emergence
  • Edited by Marco Garrido, University of Chicago, Marina Zaloznaya, University of Iowa, Nicholas Hoover Wilson, State University of New York, Stony Brook
  • Book: A Comparative Historical Sociology of Corruption
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  • Book: A Comparative Historical Sociology of Corruption
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