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Signs, capitals, networks : an analytical approach of law-abiding corruption

• Παπαδόπουλος, Δημήτρης Α.

The concept of corruption as the “utilisation of public office aiming at the appropriation of personal benefit” has always been closely linked to the illegal and immoral sphere of interaction between the public and the private domains. Depicted as a legal and moral issue par excellence, however, especially during the last decade, corruption has kept on penetrating the interface between these two domains more intensely.In the present study, it is initially argued that the person-centred image of corruption is considered as a crucial factor hindering our efforts to limit the spread of corruption, especially in its law-abiding form. Next, an analytical framework for the study of law-abiding corruption is developed through the articulation of specific institutional, financial and organisational elements. This framework can be deployed as an additional means for the documentation and monitoring of law-abiding corruption networks, especially in institutionally developed countries. Finally, on the basis of certain working hypotheses referring to the Greek experience, an example of the deployment of the proposed analytical framework is given, based on the case of public services related to the administration of the public works.

• Political Science

• Πολιτική και ηθική

Ο Δημήτρης Α. Παπαδόπουλος είναι Διδάκτορας Γεωπονικών Επιστημών, ερευνητής στο Γεωπονικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, Τμήμα Γεωργικής Οικονομίας, Περιέχει βιβλιογραφικές αναφορές και διαγράμματα