Does Everyday Corruption Affect How Russians View their Political Leadership

Abstract

Analyzing unique survey data gathered in the summer of 2015 from Russia, we are able to trace the links between personal corrupt behavior and political attitudes. We show that participation in everyday corruption lowers a persons support for the political regime, both as a bivariate relationship and in a multivariate model with controls. Everyday interactions that citizens have with bureaucrats help form those citizens views about something far removed from most citizens lives: the countrys political leadership. In Russia, those who frequently encounter corruption are less, not more, happy with the regime. Street-level corruption is corrosive of the body politic. Our results, thus, are an important step towards resolving a long-standing debate among those who study corruption.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 22, 2016
Accession Number
AD1024645

Entities

People

  • Marina Zaloznaya
  • Vicki L. Hesli Claypool
  • William M. Reisinger

Organizations

  • University of Iowa

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Rights
  • Crime
  • Economic Models
  • Economic Systems
  • Education
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Europe
  • Families (Human)
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • New York
  • Political Science
  • Political Systems
  • Social Sciences
  • Societies
  • Surveys

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  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Educational Psychology
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.