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Corruption and Democracy: A Cultural Assessment

Corruption and Democracy: A Cultural Assessment Corruption and Democracy: A Cultural Assessment A LEJANDRO M ORENO * There is strong evidence that corruption has a negative impact on economic development and on the emergence and survival of democratic institutions. 1 This article asks, “To what extent does permissiveness toward corruption re ect cultural factors? If so, how widely does cultural acceptance of corruption vary across societies — and have the publics of given societies become less tolerant of corrupt practices as a result of the global trend toward democratization?” Data from successive waves of the World Values Surveys help us to answer these questions. Awareness of the negative impact that corruption has on economic de- velopment and democratization, has made the study of government trans- parency an increasingly important topic. Transparency International has done valuable work in measuring the level of corruption in public ofŽ ce, and publishing the results in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). But corruption may re ect cultural factors, not just the actions of government ofŽ cials, and measuring the extent to which ordinary citizens are will- ing to justify corrupt acts complements efforts to measure perceptions of government corruption. To what extent is cultural permissiveness toward corruption involved in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Comparative Sociology Brill

Corruption and Democracy: A Cultural Assessment

Comparative Sociology , Volume 1 (3-4): 495 – Jan 1, 2002

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Brill
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© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1569-1322
eISSN
1569-1330
DOI
10.1163/156913302100418556
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Abstract

Corruption and Democracy: A Cultural Assessment A LEJANDRO M ORENO * There is strong evidence that corruption has a negative impact on economic development and on the emergence and survival of democratic institutions. 1 This article asks, “To what extent does permissiveness toward corruption re ect cultural factors? If so, how widely does cultural acceptance of corruption vary across societies — and have the publics of given societies become less tolerant of corrupt practices as a result of the global trend toward democratization?” Data from successive waves of the World Values Surveys help us to answer these questions. Awareness of the negative impact that corruption has on economic de- velopment and democratization, has made the study of government trans- parency an increasingly important topic. Transparency International has done valuable work in measuring the level of corruption in public ofŽ ce, and publishing the results in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). But corruption may re ect cultural factors, not just the actions of government ofŽ cials, and measuring the extent to which ordinary citizens are will- ing to justify corrupt acts complements efforts to measure perceptions of government corruption. To what extent is cultural permissiveness toward corruption involved in

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Published: Jan 1, 2002

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