Determinants of Political Corruption: A Conceptual Framework
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https://doi.org/10.7719/ijgc.v1i1.228Keywords:
Political corruption, determinants, meta-analysis, globalizationAbstract
Corruption has continuously challenged social scientists as a phenomenon that seems invincible although it has been proven to plague societies since government, as a social institution, was invented. The task is daunting but also very challenging, indeed, to resist; thus, this study was conducted to confirm what the determinants of political corruption are. Given that myriad studies have been conducted around the world on the issue area, this meta-analysis of at least twenty cross-country and country-specific studies was done. The analysis yielded the following factors as related to political corruption either positively or negatively. The (1) economic determinants were: level of development, economic growth, income, economic freedom, globalization, resources, trade openness and foreign direct investment; (2) political development were: federal form, democracy, press freedom, legal system, political participation, political competition and political stability; (3) social determinants: history, education, ethnicity and religion; and, (4) organizational determinants: democratic institutions, decentralization and government expenditure.
References
Ali, A. M. and Isse, H. S. (2003). Determinants of economic corruption: a cross-country comparison, Cato Journal, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Winter 2003)
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