Journal article
Beyond Anti-Corruptionism: Sociological Imagination and Comparative Study of Corruption
Comparative Sociology, Vol.12(5), pp.1-47
First Quarter 2013
Abstract
This article outlines and illustrates a theoretical blueprint for comparative sociology of corruption. The author argues that existing cross-national studies of corruption, influenced by the global political movement for transparency, undermine fundamental sociological principles. At the same time, truly sociological studies of corruption are unfavorable to comparisons due to their emphasis on singularity of informal economies in non-Western societies. The author argues that there are three analytical foci that can help researchers resolve the tension between 'insensitive' large-N and 'overly-sensitive' small-N studies of corruption: the principle of social embeddedness, multiplicity of rationality, and localized power implications. A comparative study of university corruption in Post-Soviet Ukraine and Belarus is used to illustrate the strengths of the proposed analytical framework.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Beyond Anti-Corruptionism: Sociological Imagination and Comparative Study of Corruption
- Creators
- Marina Zaloznaya - University of Iowa, Sociology and Criminology
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Comparative Sociology, Vol.12(5), pp.1-47
- ISSN
- 1569-1322
- eISSN
- 1569-1330
- Language
- English
- Date published season
- First Quarter 2013
- Date published
- 02/2013
- Academic Unit
- Political Science; Sociology and Criminology
- Record Identifier
- 9984198920302771
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