The Nagygate Affair, Corruption and Organized Crime: Corruption Networks and their Potential Impact on the Quality of Democracy in the Czech Republic

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F15%3A00080787" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/15:00080787 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/wps.2015.11.issue-1/wps-2015-0004/wps-2015-0004.xml?format=INT" target="_blank" >http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/wps.2015.11.issue-1/wps-2015-0004/wps-2015-0004.xml?format=INT</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/wps-2015-0004" target="_blank" >10.1515/wps-2015-0004</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Nagygate Affair, Corruption and Organized Crime: Corruption Networks and their Potential Impact on the Quality of Democracy in the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper addresses the influence of organized crime on the performance of democracy in the Czech Republic and seeks to determine which dimensions of its political system (if any) are most endangered. We construe organized crime in terms of corruption networks, questioning in effect the predominant understanding of these two concepts as distinct or even exclusive phenomena. The paper thus construes corruption and organized crime as concepts referring to transgressive acts (i.e., behavior that involvesa violation of moral or social boundaries that need not be legally codified), rather than in terms of legal norms. The influence of corruption networks is demonstrated using the ?Nagygate? affair, which is analyzed using Maltz?s framework of potential harm. We argue that the debate on organized crime in the Czech Republic is, in fact, inherently tied to the study of corruption, since corruption constitutes an integral part of organized crime activity.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Nagygate Affair, Corruption and Organized Crime: Corruption Networks and their Potential Impact on the Quality of Democracy in the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper addresses the influence of organized crime on the performance of democracy in the Czech Republic and seeks to determine which dimensions of its political system (if any) are most endangered. We construe organized crime in terms of corruption networks, questioning in effect the predominant understanding of these two concepts as distinct or even exclusive phenomena. The paper thus construes corruption and organized crime as concepts referring to transgressive acts (i.e., behavior that involvesa violation of moral or social boundaries that need not be legally codified), rather than in terms of legal norms. The influence of corruption networks is demonstrated using the ?Nagygate? affair, which is analyzed using Maltz?s framework of potential harm. We argue that the debate on organized crime in the Czech Republic is, in fact, inherently tied to the study of corruption, since corruption constitutes an integral part of organized crime activity.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

AD - Politologie a politické vědy

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GAP408%2F11%2F0709" target="_blank" >GAP408/11/0709: Soudobé výzvy demokracii ve středovýchodní Evropě</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2015

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

World Political Science

ISSN

2363-4774

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

11

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

29

Strana od-do

157-185

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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