For A Comparative and Historical Sociology of Corruption

• In Event: The Sociology of Corruption.

Abstract

Rather than viewing corruption as a universal feature of either institutional arrangements or human motivation, we instead argue that it is deeply embedded in ongoing social relations. In our view, this demands a comparative and historical view of the phenomenon, as well as attention to the emergence, institutionalization, and mobilization of corruption in varying contexts. We also argue that this perspective reveals major historical shifts in the meaning of corruption, as well as important contemporary relationships between the Global North and South, as well as our contemporary, perilous moment of authoritarian backsliding.

Authors

• Marco Z. Garrido, University of Chicago

• Marina Zaloznaya, University of Iowa

• Nicholas Hoover Wilson, Stony Brook University