Democracy and corruption: a complex relationship

We argue that an ‘electoral democracy’ is not sufficient to reduce corruption. Our contention is that the institutions associated with mature democracy are crucial to successfully deterring corrupt behaviour. At the core of our argument is the idea that with well-functioning institutions, the probab...

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1. VerfasserIn: Saha, Shrabani (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Gounder, Rukmani ; Campbell, Neil ; Su, Jen-je
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2014
In: Crime, law and social change
Jahr: 2014, Band: 61, Heft: 3, Seiten: 287-308
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Civil Liberty
Corruption Level
Corruption Perception Index
Liberal Democracy
Real Gross Domestic Product
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Zusammenfassung:We argue that an ‘electoral democracy’ is not sufficient to reduce corruption. Our contention is that the institutions associated with mature democracy are crucial to successfully deterring corrupt behaviour. At the core of our argument is the idea that with well-functioning institutions, the probability of detection and punishment is sufficiently high to deter most decision makers from choosing to act corruptly. The empirical evidence we present supports this idea. The nonlinearity of democracy variables is tested to confirm that an advanced stage of democracy is crucial for combating corruption.
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 306-308
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ISSN:1573-0751
DOI:10.1007/s10611-013-9506-2