Corruption in schools? The scale and sources of corruption perceptions in Poland

• Authors: Wysmułek Ilona
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper analyses the scale and sources of views on the prevalence of corruption in the education sector in Poland. Through the use of public opinion surveys, I answer questions on how the corruption level in Polish educational institutions has changed over time and how it compares to other public institutions (such as the health care sector and police) and to the situation in other European countries. My goal is to investigate the effect of individual-level predictors of perceiving schools as corrupt in Poland, with special attention given to structural determinants and previous bribe-giving experiences of respondents. The results reveal that in Poland relatively few respondents have experienced recent acts of giving bribes in schools or perceive educational institutions as corrupt. However, there is a structural pattern behind the sources of negative opinions. The effect of socio-economic determinants on views relating to corruption in Polish schools is strongly pronounced and trends in the opposite direction compared to the effects reported in other European countries.

Keywords

EN

corruption perception; bribe-giving experience; education sector; public opinion survey; Poland

• Publisher: Instytut Badań Edukacyjnych
• Journal: Edukacja
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 5(2017)
• Pages: 41–55

Contributors

author

Wysmułek Ilona

• Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences

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Notes

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Identifiers

DOI

10.24131/3724.170503