Historical insights into modern corruption
Descriptive moralities and cooperative corruption in an Indian city
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14970996 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Narendar Pani (National Institute of Advanced Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 245-261 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Griffith Law Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1038-3441 • E-ISSN: 1839-4205 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10383441.2016.1165644 |
| OpenAlex | W2407921620 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
Much of the debate on the relationship between social norms and corruption has been confined to comparisons across countries. But a gap between what is morally acceptable by a society and what is legally correct can exist within individual countries as well. In such cases, it is possible for individual acts of corruption to be seen to be morally justified. This paper explores the emergence of this gap through the imposition of British law on a very different descriptive morality in nineteenth century Indian city of Bengaluru. Drawing from this experience it seeks to identify the dynamics of the process in a way that would allow for it to be used to understand corruption across different societies, and the lessons it has for an effective strategy against endemic corruption
Development economics · Economics · Language change · Law and economics · Morality · Political economy · Political science · Project commissioning · Publishing · Social science · Sociology · Corruption and Economic Development · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Law
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
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