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Structure, multiplexity, and centrality in a corruption network: the Czech Rath affair

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F18%3A10378852" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/18:10378852 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Result on the web

    <a href="http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12117-018-9334-y" target="_blank" >http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12117-018-9334-y</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12117-018-9334-y" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12117-018-9334-y</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Structure, multiplexity, and centrality in a corruption network: the Czech Rath affair

  • Original language description

    The present study is an analysis of a Czech political corruption network known as the Rath affair reconstructed with publicly available data. We argue that for the study of criminal networks it is fruitful to follow a multiplex approach, i.e., to distinguish several interdependent network dimensions and study how they are interrelated. Relational elements in corruption are identified, and we propose three dimensions that are essential for understanding the Rath network: pre-existing ties (e.g., marriage or co-membership of the same party), resource transfer (e.g., bribing), and collaboration (e.g., communication). The aim of the study was threefold. We aimed to examine if the network exhibits the core/periphery structure, to investigate the multiplex structure of the network by assessing the overlap of the main dimensions of the network, and to determine the central and multiplex actors while considering the differentiation of centrality according to the three network dimensions. The core/periphery model appears to have a perfect fit to the aggregated network, leading to a four-block adjacency matrix. Studying the frequency of ties in these blocks shows that collaboration ties are present in all the blocks, while resource transfer ties are mainly located between the core and periphery, and pre-existing ties are rare generally. We also identify central actors, none of which are strategically positioned, occupying more visible positions instead. The majority of actors display strong multiplexity in the composition of their own ties. In the conclusion the potential usefulness of multiplex descriptive measures and of mixed methods approaches, implications of our results for trust incriminal networks, and potential merits of analytical sociology approach are discussed.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>ost</sub> - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    50401 - Sociology

Result continuities

  • Project

  • Continuities

    S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Others

  • Publication year

    2018

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    Trends in Organized Crime

  • ISSN

    1084-4791

  • e-ISSN

  • Volume of the periodical

    2018

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    22/3

  • Country of publishing house

    US - UNITED STATES

  • Number of pages

    24

  • Pages from-to

    "NA"

  • UT code for WoS article

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database