Corruption in cultural context: Contradictions within the Korean tradition

Dalton, BM

Corruption in cultural context: Contradictions within the Korean tradition

Dalton, BM

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Citation:: Crime, Law and Social Change, 2005, 43 (4-5), pp. 237 - 262
Issue Date:: 2005-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Dalton, BM https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9507-1447	en_US
dc.date.issued	2005-06-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Crime, Law and Social Change, 2005, 43 (4-5), pp. 237 - 262	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0925-4994	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/5493
dc.description.abstract	Appreciating the many, varied and sometimes ambiguous elements within what may be called 'Korean culture' is crucial to a balanced assessment of its relationship to corruption. In particular, it is important to recognise its multivocality and thus its paradoxical relationship with its environment, its tendency to be shaped as well as shape modern institutions and the degree to which it is open to interpretation and contestation and thus to being compromised or altered to meet historical contingencies or political objectives. This approach provides the basis for the type of cultural analysis that can identify some of the cultural influences not only on some forms of corruption but on how a society understands the norms of good governance and what constitutes a deviation from these norms and thus what political corruption involves and why. It may also help us to understand how corruption can be disguised or justified within the Korean context. © Springer 2005.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Crime, Law and Social Change	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s10611-005-1902-9	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Criminology	en_US
dc.title	Corruption in cultural context: Contradictions within the Korean tradition	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	4-5	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	43	en_US
utslib.for	1606 Political Science	en_US
utslib.for	1602 Criminology	en_US
utslib.for	1801 Law	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
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pubs.issue	4-5	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	43	en_US

Abstract:

Appreciating the many, varied and sometimes ambiguous elements within what may be called 'Korean culture' is crucial to a balanced assessment of its relationship to corruption. In particular, it is important to recognise its multivocality and thus its paradoxical relationship with its environment, its tendency to be shaped as well as shape modern institutions and the degree to which it is open to interpretation and contestation and thus to being compromised or altered to meet historical contingencies or political objectives. This approach provides the basis for the type of cultural analysis that can identify some of the cultural influences not only on some forms of corruption but on how a society understands the norms of good governance and what constitutes a deviation from these norms and thus what political corruption involves and why. It may also help us to understand how corruption can be disguised or justified within the Korean context. © Springer 2005.

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