Filozofija i drustvo 2013 Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages: 135-159
https://doi.org/10.2298/FID1301135S
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Political corruption and weak state
Stojiljković Zoran (Fakultet političkih nauka, Beograd)
The author starts from the hypothesis that it is essential for the countries
of the region to critically assess the synergy established between systemic,
political corruption and a selectively weak, “devious” nature of the state.
Moreover, the key dilemma is whether the expanded practice of political rent
seeking supports the conclusion that the root of all corruption is in the
very existence of the state - particularly in excessive, selective and
deforming state interventions and benefits that create a fertile ground for
corruption? The author argues that the destructive combination of weak
government and rampant political corruption is based on scattered state
intervention, while also rule the parties cartel in the executive branch
subordinate to parliament, the judiciary and the police. Corrupt exchange
takes place with the absence of strong institutional framework and the
precise rules of the political and electoral games, control of public
finances and effective political and anti-monopoly legislation and practice
included. Exit from the current situation can be seen in the realization of
effective anticorruption strategy that integrates preventive and repressive
measures and activities and lead to the establishment of principles of good
governance.
Keywords: corruption, politics, partocracy, weak state
Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 179076:
Politički identitet Srbije u regionalnom i globalnom kontekstu