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Abstract
Corruption provokes much anger in the Middle East and North African (MENA) and was important in the Arab Uprisings; it was government corruption that sparked the greatest anger among the population. The argument of this Report is (a) that corruption is a major and obvious breach of trust, (b) that the same is true for ‘civil’ corruption – ‘wasta’ in employment, business corruption – (c) that as well as not trusting their government and its institutions, MENA residents do not trust each other either, to the detriment of maintaining functional nation states without coercion, and (d) that corruption is a special case of breach of the Rule of Law which is essential for a decent society. The initial focus on corruption leads to consideration of what people think they can reasonably expect from government and from each other. Ultimately, corruption divides the society into those who extort bribes or dispense favours and those who are required to pay bribes and are excluded from favour – in other words, there is a breakdown of social inclusion. Further, it destroys trust between people and trust in social institutions, which breaks the cords that hold modern societies together - it is an attack on social cohesion. The article is based mainly on the Arab Transformations Survey, carried out in six developing MENA countries in 2014, three years after the ‘Arab Spring’.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-21 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Applied Research in Quality of Life |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 26 Dec 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Mar 2019 |
Keywords
- corruption
- trust
- rule of law
- social inclusion
- social cohesion
- MENA
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Security Sinkholes: Authoritarian Resilience & Structural Weakness in Six Arab Countries
Pamela Ann Abbott (Speaker)
25 May 2018Activity: Disseminating Research › Public Lecture/debate/seminar
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Middle East Security: Pending & Pressing Problems Corruption, Development, and Cohesion
Andrea Teti (Organiser) & Pamela Ann Abbott (Organiser)
3 Nov 2017Activity: Disseminating Research › Public Lecture/debate/seminar
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Middle East Security: Pending & Pressing Problems Corruption, Development, and Cohesion
Andrea Teti (Organiser) & Pamela Ann Abbott (Organiser)
5 Oct 2017Activity: Disseminating Research › Public Lecture/debate/seminar
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Europe likes Egypt's dictatorship: How the EU supports the repression of the very 'fundamental values' it claims to support
Andrea Teti
27/11/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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