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- Title
Attitudes of U. S. State Legislators Toward Political Corruption: Some Preliminary Findings.
- Authors
Welch, Susan; Peters, John G.
- Abstract
Using a data base of mailed questionnaires completed by 442 state legislators, the authors explore attitudes toward a number of potentially corrupt activities. Several characteristics—regional location, sex, the urban character of the legislative district, and ideology—were found to be modestly related to individual perceptions of what constitutes corruption. Generally, political variables were more important than demographic characteristics in determining individual views on corruption. However, differences among legislators were surprisingly small, leading the authors to conclude that a uniform socialization process is at work.
- Subjects
LEGISLATORS; POLITICAL corruption; ORGANIZATIONAL behavior; SOCIALIST ethics; ADMINISTRATIVE &; political divisions; LEGISLATIVE bodies; SOCIALIZATION; IDEOLOGY; POLITICAL science
- Publication
Legislative Studies Quarterly, 1977, Vol 2, Issue 4, p445
- ISSN
0362-9805
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/439419