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Does Legitimacy Mitigate Corruption? The Relevance of Social Traps in Low-corruption Contexts
Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Linköping University, Department of Culture and Society, Centre for Local Government Studies.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2323-9092
Social Science Research Institute, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8852-9560
Faculty of Political Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1579-1370
2022 (English)In: International Journal of Public Administration, ISSN 0190-0692, E-ISSN 1532-4265, Vol. 45, no 14, p. 1027-1038Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

People tend to accept decisions if the process leading up to them is perceived as legitimate. However, the literature seldom asks if perceived legitimacy translates to compliant, non-corrupt behavior. Thus, the association between legitimacy and corruption is curiously understudied. This paper argues that, while legitimation may contribute to acceptance of authority, it does not necessarily lead to compliance with anti-corruption norms. Analysing a mature democracy characterised by absence of endemic corruption, it finds that while legitimacy may, to a small extent, contribute to compliance with anti-corruption norms, it is in most cases insufficient to overcome incentives of self-interested behavior. Instead, compliance with anti-corruption norms crucially depends on individuals’ perceptions of how willing others are to take part, or not to take part, in corruption. This implies support for the ‘social trap’-view of corruption, where credible enforcement of non-corruption norms is crucial to persuading people not to take part in it.

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Taylor & Francis Group, 2022. Vol. 45, no 14, p. 1027-1038
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-178158DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2021.1955926ISI: 000682381800001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-178158DiVA, id: diva2:1583587
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Funding: Icelandic Centre for Research [184740-052]

Available from: 2021-08-09 Created: 2021-08-09 Last updated: 2022-10-27Bibliographically approved

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