Perceptions of corruption inhabitants of Manizales and Pereira

The most recent data places Colombia as a highlycorrupt country. Despite being a characteristic ofColombian society –and a very expensive one–,corruption has been a very little studied phenomenon.In order to contribute to the scholarshipin this field, this article describes and analyzesthe perceptio...

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Autor Principal: Ángel Botero, Adriana; Universidad de Manizales.
Otros Autores: Fuentes Juárez, Álvaro; Universidad de Manizales.
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: spa
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2015
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Acceso en línea: http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/papelpol/article/view/12627
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Sumario: The most recent data places Colombia as a highlycorrupt country. Despite being a characteristic ofColombian society –and a very expensive one–,corruption has been a very little studied phenomenon.In order to contribute to the scholarshipin this field, this article describes and analyzesthe perceptions of corruption that inhabitantsof the Colombian Coffee Region have. Througha quantitative design, this article measures andtests different typologies of corruption thatscholars have suggested in the literature. Theanalysis of the collected data problematizes someof these typologies and, specifically, shows that corruption is a difficult phenomenon that resistsa-priori definitions as it is strongly influenced bythe individuals, perception about it. In addition,this data shows a strong relationship betweenperception of corruption and education.