A Comparative Study of Inequality and Corruption

This article argues that income inequality increases the level of corruption through material and normative mechanisms. The wealthy have both greater motivation and more opportunity to engage in corruption, whereas the poor are more vulnerable to extortion and less able to monitor and hold the rich...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American sociological review 2005-02, Vol.70 (1), p.136-157
Hauptverfasser:	Jong-Sung You, Khagram, Sanjeev
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accountability Administrative Organization Beliefs Causal analysis Causality Comparative Analysis Comparative studies Consumer Price Index Corruption Criminal sociology. Police. Delinquency. Deviance. Suicide Criminology Data corruption Democracy Disclosure Economic development Economic Factors Error of Measurement Evidence Extortion Government (Administrative Body) Government corruption Gross domestic product Hypotheses Income Inequality Indexes Industrial democracy Inequality Least Squares Statistics Legitimacy Low income groups Lower Class Malaria Motivation Norms Opacity Perceptions Political corruption Politics Power Protestantism Social inequality Social norms Social Values Socioeconomics Sociology Sociology of law and criminology Statistical Studies Transparency Treisman, Daniel Upper Class Values Vulnerability World Bank
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