Corrupt State or Corrupt Society? How Differential Sources of Corruption Influence Social Trust and Political Cynicism in Jordan and the US

• In Event: Corruption

Brief Overview

Using an original survey experiment in Jordan, the paper finds that societal corruption (e.g., nepotism, or "wasta") may be significantly more damaging to political culture than "official" government corruption, despite the latter’s higher profile.

Author

• Calvert Jones, University of Maryland