Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 CORRUPTION DYNAMICS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION -- 2 DOES COMPETITION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION CORRUPT? -- 3 "CORRUPTION IS OUR FRIEND" -- 4 THE MYTH OF THE MARKET -- 5 DECENTRALIZATION, DEMOCRACY, AND GRAFT -- 6 THE CORRUPTION OF CAMPAIGN AND PARTY FINANCING -- 7 THE PATHOLOGIES OF AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION -- 8 THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY, AND CORRUPTION -- Appendix 1 KEY DEAD MEN -- Appendix 2 BRIEF SURVEY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION -- Appendix 3 THE MAJOR INSTITUTIONS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION -- Notes -- Index.