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Modalities And Citizen Bribe Offers : The Case Of Post-Soviet Corruption, Turkhan Sadigov
Modalities And Citizen Bribe Offers : The Case Of Post-Soviet Corruption, Turkhan Sadigov
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
This work analyzes relatively neglected side of corruption ‒ population bribe offers (as opposed to bureaucrats' bribe demand). The regional focus of the work is on the post-Soviet space, with Azerbaijan, Estonia and Russia as case studies. Drawing on all relevant theories and variables of corruption research, the manuscript emphasizes the importance of ideational factors of corruption in addition to material variables. To analyze ideational factors, the research introduces methodological innovation ‒ the concept of archetypal Modalities. The main argument of the work is that traditionalist value orientations (Local, Symbol and Passive modalities) are statistically significant in predicting the incidence …