Corruption as Social Order

Corruption as Social Order

To understand why corruption has become the crucial issue for the latest generation of protest movements and uprisings, from Tunisia to Moldova and from India to Brazil, public corruption is best conceived as part of a broader social order context and not at individual level. Presuming corruption to...

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Main Author: Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina
Format: Background Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
CORRUPTION
PUBLIC INTEGRITY
GOVERNANCE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/387821497285734533/1
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27046
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spelling okr-10986-270462021-05-25T09:00:37Z Corruption as Social Order Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina CORRUPTION PUBLIC INTEGRITY GOVERNANCE To understand why corruption has become the crucial issue for the latest generation of protest movements and uprisings, from Tunisia to Moldova and from India to Brazil, public corruption is best conceived as part of a broader social order context and not at individual level. Presuming corruption to be the exception and public integrity the norm in every society does not reflect the reality and can lead to erroneous development strategies, as norm building and norm enforcement require two very different approaches. Corruption is hardly a social ‘malady’ to be eradicated, but rather a default governance order, as all states have started from being ‘owned’ by a few individuals who control all resources to eventually reach a situation when the state represents everybody equally and shares public resources equitably. Particularism is a natural inclination--people tend to favor their own, be it family, clan, race or ethnic group: treating the rest of the world fairly seems to be a matter of extensive social evolution and sufficient resources. The public-private separation in public affairs and the complete autonomy of state from private interest are exceptions in the present world, difficult to reach and difficult to sustain as well. 2017-06-12T21:37:40Z 2017-06-12T21:37:40Z 2017 Background Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/387821497285734533/1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27046 English en_US World Development Report 2017 Background Paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: World Development Report Publications & Research
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PUBLIC INTEGRITY
GOVERNANCE
spellingShingle CORRUPTION
PUBLIC INTEGRITY
GOVERNANCE
Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina
Corruption as Social Order
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description To understand why corruption has become the crucial issue for the latest generation of protest movements and uprisings, from Tunisia to Moldova and from India to Brazil, public corruption is best conceived as part of a broader social order context and not at individual level. Presuming corruption to be the exception and public integrity the norm in every society does not reflect the reality and can lead to erroneous development strategies, as norm building and norm enforcement require two very different approaches. Corruption is hardly a social ‘malady’ to be eradicated, but rather a default governance order, as all states have started from being ‘owned’ by a few individuals who control all resources to eventually reach a situation when the state represents everybody equally and shares public resources equitably. Particularism is a natural inclination--people tend to favor their own, be it family, clan, race or ethnic group: treating the rest of the world fairly seems to be a matter of extensive social evolution and sufficient resources. The public-private separation in public affairs and the complete autonomy of state from private interest are exceptions in the present world, difficult to reach and difficult to sustain as well.
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