Re-thinking the pervasiveness of corruption in Western countries

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Re-thinking the pervasiveness of corruption in Western countries

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper studies the pervasiveness of corruption in Western societies. Corruption has often been presented as higher in developing or (former) transitional economies than in the North-West part of the world (Western Europe, North America). Internationally used ranking of countries classified by the level of Corruption (i.e. Transparency International, World Bank) show that most of the Western countries are on the safest side. Nonetheless, there are studies (Johnston, 2005; Shaxson, 2011) highlighting that corruption is very diffused also in this area of the world, even if the available international ranking does not necessarily show Western countries as particularly tainted by corruption. This apparent incongruent result may be due to the forms that corruption takes in Western societies. Administrative corruption or blatant extortion from public officials may be less diffused than in other areas of the planet. Nevertheless, State Capture and/or Grand Corruption (these two sub-phenomena are often equivalent) are present and may take extremely sophisticated (and less visible) forms. This paper investigates on the mechanisms of corruption in the West, rather than measuring it numerically, through case-studies. Case studies are a method that is useful to research on particular mechanisms and to shed light on relatively under-researched phenomena.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Re-thinking the pervasiveness of corruption in Western countries

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper studies the pervasiveness of corruption in Western societies. Corruption has often been presented as higher in developing or (former) transitional economies than in the North-West part of the world (Western Europe, North America). Internationally used ranking of countries classified by the level of Corruption (i.e. Transparency International, World Bank) show that most of the Western countries are on the safest side. Nonetheless, there are studies (Johnston, 2005; Shaxson, 2011) highlighting that corruption is very diffused also in this area of the world, even if the available international ranking does not necessarily show Western countries as particularly tainted by corruption. This apparent incongruent result may be due to the forms that corruption takes in Western societies. Administrative corruption or blatant extortion from public officials may be less diffused than in other areas of the planet. Nevertheless, State Capture and/or Grand Corruption (these two sub-phenomena are often equivalent) are present and may take extremely sophisticated (and less visible) forms. This paper investigates on the mechanisms of corruption in the West, rather than measuring it numerically, through case-studies. Case studies are a method that is useful to research on particular mechanisms and to shed light on relatively under-researched phenomena.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50602 - Public administration

Projekt

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Návaznosti

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název statě ve sborníku

ANTIcorruption & fraud: DETECTION & MEASUREMENT: Prague, April 7, 2017, Anglo-American University: Proceedings of the international conference

ISBN

978-80-906585-2-3

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

84-98

Název nakladatele

Anglo-americká vysoká škola, z.ú.

Místo vydání

Praha

Místo konání akce

Praha

Datum konání akce

7. 4. 2017

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

000588194600004