Winn, Teddy Edwards (2025) Investigating corruption in Papua New Guinea through the patron-client structure: the citizens' perceptions. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

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Abstract

Teddy Winn investigated the impact of clientelism on corruption, and how it influenced PNG’s public sector. He hopes that this study will contribute to a better understanding of corruption in PNG from an anthropological perspective, and will therefore be useful for designing anti-corruption agendas that are appropriate for PNG.

Item ID:	88913
Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Keywords:	Big man system, Corruption, Informal systems of reciprocity, Papua New Guinea, Patron-Client Politics, Wantok system
Related URLs:	https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/88921/
Copyright Information:	Copyright © 2025 Teddy Edwards Winn
Additional Information:	One publication arising from this thesis is stored in ResearchOnline@JCU, at time of processing. Please see the Related URLS. The publication is: [Chapter 2] Winn, Teddy (2022) Toward an Understanding of Patron-Client Politics and Corruption in Papua New Guinea: A Narrative Review. The Contemporary Pacific, 34 (2). pp. 386-418.
Date Deposited:	24 Sep 2025 01:34
FoR Codes:	44 HUMAN SOCIETY > 4408 Political science > 440807 Government and politics of Asia and the Pacific @ 50% 45 INDIGENOUS STUDIES > 4518 Pacific Peoples society and community > 451820 Pacific Peoples politics @ 50%
SEO Codes:	23 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 2302 Government and politics > 230299 Government and politics not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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