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The Merit of Meritocratization: Politics, Bureaucracy, and the Institutional Deterrents of Corruption

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

Comparative studies of corruption focus on the selection and incentives of policymakers. With few exceptions, actors who are in charge of implementing policies have been neglected. This article analyzes an original data set on the bureaucratic features and its effects on corruption in fifty-two countries. Two empirical findings challenge the conventional wisdom in literature. First, certain bureaucratic factors, particularly meritocratic recruitment, reduce corruption, even when controlling for a large set of alternative explanations. Second, the analysis shows that other allegedly relevant bureaucratic factors, such as public employees' competitive salaries, career stability, or internal promotion, do not have a significant impact.

Publiceringsår

2012

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

656-668

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Political Research Quarterly

Volym

65

Issue

3

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

SAGE Publications

Ämne

  • Political Science

Nyckelord

  • Corruption
  • Bureaucracy
  • Meritocratic recruitment
  • Public administration

Status

Published

Projekt

  • The Quality of Government Institute

Forskningsgrupp

  • Förvaltning - demokrati
  • Statsskick och centrala statsorgan

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1938-274X