Do We Need a Code of Conduct for Politicians? The Search for an Elite Political Culture of Corruption in Canada
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6237592 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Atkinson (0000-0002-4378-0823, McMaster University), Michael M Atkinson, Maureen Mancuso (University of Oxford) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 459-480 |
| Publication date | 1985-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s000842390003242x |
| OpenAlex | W2168623384 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 21 |
Do we need a code of conduct for politicians, or are the existing unwritten rules a sufficient safeguard against acts of political malfeasance? Based on interviews with 84 backbench MPs, this article examines politicians' informal codes of conduct. The study reveals considerable disagreement in assessments of particular acts, notably those involving conflicts of interest and constituency service. Differences among MPs are related to a number of factors including partisanship, political experience and spatial cleavages. Such divisions of opinion belie the presence of a single elite political culture of corruption and underline the need for a code of conduct to clarify and augment such unwritten rules as presently exist
Code (set theory · Code of conduct · Elite · Language change · Political corruption · Political culture · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Computer Science · Corruption and Economic Development · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
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| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2024 (39) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |