Exploring Shades of Corruption Tolerance: Tentative Lessons from Iceland and Sweden
The aim of this paper is to explore the effects of corruption tolerance on corruption levels. Strong claims are made in the literature to the effect that tolerance of corruption is universally low. We show, however, that there are non-trivial variations in tolerance of corruption, and that these are...
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ftjkmlpj:oai:ojs.journals.uran.ua:article/189994 2024-06-02T08:09:05+00:00 Exploring Shades of Corruption Tolerance: Tentative Lessons from Iceland and Sweden Erlingsson, Gissur Ólafur Kristinsson, Gunnar Helgi 2019-12-27 application/pdf http://kmlpj.ukma.edu.ua/article/view/189994 https://doi.org/10.18523/kmlpj189994.2019-5.141-164 eng eng National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy http://kmlpj.ukma.edu.ua/article/view/189994/189794 http://kmlpj.ukma.edu.ua/article/view/189994 doi:10.18523/kmlpj189994.2019-5.141-164 Copyright (c) 2019 Gissur Ólafur Erlingsson, Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal; No. 5 (2019): Kyiv-Mohyla Law & Politics Journal: Legal and Political Challenges of Anticorruption Activities; 141-164 Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal; № 5 (2019): Kyiv-Mohyla Law & Politics Journal: Legal and Political Challenges of Anticorruption Activities; 141-164 2414-9942 corruption tolerance of corruption norms social trust quality of government public administration bureaucratic ethics info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2019 ftjkmlpj https://doi.org/10.18523/kmlpj189994.2019-5.141-164 2024-05-07T02:56:41Z The aim of this paper is to explore the effects of corruption tolerance on corruption levels. Strong claims are made in the literature to the effect that tolerance of corruption is universally low. We show, however, that there are non-trivial variations in tolerance of corruption, and that these are significantly related to commonly used indices of corruption. This suggests that understanding which factors shape corruption tolerance is important. Here, our concern is with the effects of elite structures on corruption. We first ask if closeness to power affects corruption tolerance and if the general population is less tolerant than elite groups. We then ask if different elite groups — e. g., politicians and civil servants respectively — are likely to form different standards regarding corruption. To hold certain external variables constant, the paper focuses on two relatively homogeneous, low-corruption countries: Sweden and Iceland. Our findings suggest that whereas little supports the closeness to power hypothesis — the general population is not less tolerant of corruption than elites — there may be important differences in how different elite groups within these countries view corrupt activities. This has implications for how corruption can be contained. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal 0 5 141 164 |
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The aim of this paper is to explore the effects of corruption tolerance on corruption levels. Strong claims are made in the literature to the effect that tolerance of corruption is universally low. We show, however, that there are non-trivial variations in tolerance of corruption, and that these are significantly related to commonly used indices of corruption. This suggests that understanding which factors shape corruption tolerance is important. Here, our concern is with the effects of elite structures on corruption. We first ask if closeness to power affects corruption tolerance and if the general population is less tolerant than elite groups. We then ask if different elite groups — e. g., politicians and civil servants respectively — are likely to form different standards regarding corruption. To hold certain external variables constant, the paper focuses on two relatively homogeneous, low-corruption countries: Sweden and Iceland. Our findings suggest that whereas little supports the closeness to power hypothesis — the general population is not less tolerant of corruption than elites — there may be important differences in how different elite groups within these countries view corrupt activities. This has implications for how corruption can be contained. |
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Exploring Shades of Corruption Tolerance: Tentative Lessons from Iceland and Sweden |
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Exploring Shades of Corruption Tolerance: Tentative Lessons from Iceland and Sweden |
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Exploring Shades of Corruption Tolerance: Tentative Lessons from Iceland and Sweden |
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