Integrity Systems, Values, and Expectations: Explaining Differences in the Extent of Corruption in Three Spanish Local Governments

Jiménez, Fernando; Mendieta, Manuel Villoria; Quesada, Monica Garcia

doi:10.1080/01900692.2013.836666

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“…We argue that while interactions are key for understanding the cost of corruption in local governments, this is only the tip of the iceberg. Studying corruption in local governments may help identify key mechanisms at play in corruption processes that might be overlooked by country‐level analyses, allow for the development of theoretical perspectives needed to understand corruption at this level, and inform better ways to tackle it (De Graaf 2007; Jiménez et al 2014; Masters and Graycar 2016).…”

Section: Local Governments Within Corruption Studiesmentioning

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Corruption consolidation in local governments: A grounded analytical framework

Meza

Pérez‐Chiqués

2020

Public Administration

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This article constructs a grounded framework to study how corruption is consolidated in local governments. We focus on the fine‐grained texture of corrupt practices that can only be achieved by looking at rich contextual studies. We argue that neglecting the way corruption becomes the ‘rule of the game’ has led to the creation of anti‐corruption policies that tend to be overly reliant on formal institutions, addressing only dyadic and venal types of corruption, and have therefore proven ineffective. Based on a two‐staged, mixed methods research design—including 50 in‐depth interviews in two Mexican cities and three surveys applied to citizens and public officials—this article's framework focuses on how networks are shaped and organized to perform corrupt practices, and how opacity and weak checks and balances grant them impunity. Results show corrupt schemes to be outstandingly malleable and resilient, able to circumvent formal anti‐corruption strategies.

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Section: Local Governments Within Corruption Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Corruption consolidation in local governments: A grounded analytical framework

Meza

Pérez‐Chiqués

2020

Public Administration

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“…Today, there is a broad debate on political corruption and fiscal transparency (García-Quesada et al, 2013;Jiménez et al, 2014). Bellver and Kaufmann (2005) point to the dissemination of public information as the basis for groups and individuals to participate in decision making since formal competition would not be sufficient to deliver political responsiveness.…”

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Local interest groups and the perception of power in Spanish cities

Molins

Medina

2018

Rev. Esp. Cienc. Polít.

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Studies on local interest groups have generated a considerable number of theories on urban power that have eventually become the basis of far-reaching approaches on democracy and collective action. Such literature has been especially concerned with discovering who governs the city, paving the way for discussions on elitism, pluralism and urban regimes. Some approaches consider that the business elite dominates local politics, while other theories assert that interests other than business (neighbors, environmentalists, faith-based organizations, civic groups) have been gaining relevance and access to local government. The POLLEADER survey (2006) provided data on the influence of certain social groups as perceived by mayors in Spain. Data showed that the local business community was, at best, as influential and active as voluntary associations. With recent data from the POLLEADER II survey (2015), this article confirms a certain pluralistic model of local power and, it considers the number of inhabitants and the Mayors' ideology as key factors to determine variation in the way interest groups' influence is perceived.

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“…The implementation of these reforms represents two 'islands of good government' in a country that is marked by widespread corruption at the local level (Jiménez, Villoria, & Quesada-Garcia, 2012). Previous research on corruption in Spanish municipalities highlighted the role of political stability as a factor that may explain variation in corruption practices (Jiménez, Quesada-Garcia, & Villoria, 2014). This finding is not consistent with most of the comparative literature on anticorruption reform, which argued that incentives for the implementation of anti-corruption reforms are generated by sustained political competition (Schnell, 2018).…”

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Islands of Good Government: Explaining Successful Corruption Control in Two Spanish Cities

Drapalova

Mascio

2020

PaG

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Between 2012 and 2018, Spanish public opinion has been shaken by a seemingly endless series of corruption scandals, to the point that corruption has become one of the main long-term concerns of the Spanish population, according to nation-wide surveys. Despite the sharp rise in corruption scandals within local authorities, there are Spanish cities that have managed to limit corruption and build a transparent and efficient government, which stand out as islands of integrity and good governance. This article qualitatively investigates two cities in Spain—Alcobendas and Sant Cugat del Vallès—which, despite being in a region with comparatively lower quality of government, have managed to successfully control corruption. We argue that the key to success is the administrative reorganization prompted by the appointment of city managers that institutionalized professional management. Findings also have implications for practitioners, meaning that complex anti-corruption legislative frameworks will not work within an overburdened administration unless the administrative structure is reformed.

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Integrity Systems, Values, and Expectations: Explaining Differences in the Extent of Corruption in Three Spanish Local Governments

Cited by 19 publications

References 24 publications

Corruption consolidation in local governments: A grounded analytical framework

Corruption consolidation in local governments: A grounded analytical framework

Local interest groups and the perception of power in Spanish cities

Islands of Good Government: Explaining Successful Corruption Control in Two Spanish Cities

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