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- Title
Corruption and Citizen Participation: A Critical Analysis.
- Authors
Mtapuri, Oliver
- Abstract
This article examines the conditions under which corruption manifests and persists. As such, it also seeks to understand how corruption thrives in certain spaces and not in others. This article is conceptual in nature as it relies, to a large extent, on secondary sources of data. By contextualizing corruption and active citizenship, it opens up the possibilities to conceptualize them as it poses such questions as: Does context matter? Do citizens matter? Who and what else matters? Under what conditions? How active can the citizens be? And Under what conditions can their actions thrive? It then presents a hexagon of good governance which is its major contribution. The hexagon posits that for good governance to prevail, the following elements are necessary: a virtuous Constitution which protects the rights of citizens; a respectable Government characterized by an independent judiciary, and astute legal system including a parliament which exercises its oversight role with effectiveness as well as a well capacitated and trim bureaucracy; upright people characterized by a civil society with capacity and readiness to take action against corruption; a noble culture which loathes corruption; political will and leadership directed towards addressing corruption; and a free press to expose incidences of corruption, mal-administration and so forth. Active citizenship is about community, social cohesion, individual and collective decision-making, individual and collective action for the betterment of all who live in that community. The fight against corruption equally requires strong local leadership and strong social ties because these elements are crucial for social mobilization. Community readiness for change and collective efficacy remain crucial for collective action.
- Subjects
POLITICAL participation; CORRUPTION; CRITICAL analysis
- Publication
Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology, 2016, Vol 13, Issue 1, p6
- ISSN
1819-8465
- Publication type
Article