Moss, David2015-12-070003-9756http://hdl.handle.net/1885/18572Abstract For more than a century the processes of making academic appointments to Italian universities have regularly made news a- bad news. The charges are serious: abuses of professorial power, collusion to fix outcomes in advance, favouritism to loyalKeywords: academic research; administrative system; corruption; Italy Italien; Korruption; Leistungsgesellschaft; Schlagwörter Patronage201210.1017/S00039756120001002016-02-24