Institutional proximity and judicial corruption

A spatial approach

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6263779
AutoresJuan Wang (0000-0001-8330-6707), Wang Juan (0000-0001-5253-1549, Department of Political Science McGill University Montreal Quebec Canada, autor de correspondencia), Sida Liu (0000-0002-5147-0024, Department of Sociology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada)
Año2022
Volumen35
Número2
Páginas633-649
Fecha de publicación2022-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGovernance (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0952-1895 • E-ISSN: 1468-0491
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/gove.12594
OpenAlexW3158348143
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas53

This article develops a relational explanation for judicial corruption, namely, a spatial theory of institutional proximity, to complement existing behavioral and institutional approaches. Institutional proximity refers to the spatial proximity between adjacent political or social institutions, including courts. This proximity can be a result of political or administrative regulations, workplace interactions, or the mobility of individual actors between them. Linking ecologies and space travelers are two key spatial mechanisms through which institutional proximity enables judicial corruption. They pave the pathways of judicial corruption, that is, how corrupt transactions and related social interactions are facilitated by and communicated through institutions adjacent to the court. The theory is operationalized in the context of Chinese courts and the various pathways of judicial corruption are exemplified through a number of publicly reported cases in China

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