Corruption and Social Norms

A New Arrow in the Quiver

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ID6232702
AuthorsIna Kubbe (0000-0002-2941-806X, 1School of Political Science, Government and International Affairs, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; email: [email protected]), Claudia Baez-Camargo (2Basel Institute on Governance, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland), Claudia Baez‐camargo (Basel Institute on Governance), Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church (3Besa Global, Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
Year2024
Volume27
Issue1
Pages423-444
Publication date2024-07-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnual Review of Political Science (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1094-2939 • E-ISSN: 1545-1577
PublisherAnnual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1146/annurev-polisci-051120-095535
OpenAlexW4394964075
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited51

One key question driving innovations in corruption studies is how anticorruption reforms can be more impactful and sustainable. This is critical to understand due to the detrimental impact of corrupt practices on equality, human rights, peace, and the rule of law. A significant body of research has shown that many anticorruption initiatives do not produce the expected effect, or they achieve results that fade after the intervention ceases. Seeking to understand how to improve anticorruption outcomes, scholars have turned to causal explanations of the persistence of corruption ranging from institutional settings and individual motives to informal practices and social norms. This article explores the intersection of social norms and corruption as a contribution to improving anticorruption programming. It explains how norms impact our conceptual understanding of corruption and the vicious cycle that exists between corrupt practices and norms. Grounded in the belief that programming and social norm diagnosis need to be contextually driven, we lay out the nascent research on changing social norms that drive corruption and the consequences of ignoring them

Economics · Language change · Law and economics · Norm (philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Positive economics · Sociology · Corruption and Economic Development · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Law

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