Introduction -- The consensus on corruption -- The mutual shaping of measures and concept -- Of causality and historical junctures -- What we talk about when we talk about corruption : some methodological considerations -- The carrot and the stick : systemic corruption in Russia -- Corruption as the glue of the system : the case of Brazil -- Legal corruption in the United States of America -- Legal corruption and other societal geographies -- A problem of control : corruption is a tool of government -- Fighting corruption, fighting for corruption -- Conclusions : whither corruption?