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Społeczne postrzeganie korupcji politycznej w perspektywie oceny uczciwości władz politycznych

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Wojtasik W.

Political Preferences

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2017

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issue 17

119-128

EN

Political corruption is a multidimensional phenomenon, concerning political authorities at all possible levels. It is defined as the abuse of power by political entities in order to obtain personal benefits in the form of greater power or wealth. It shows that the subject of political corruption is not only material benefits but also the mechanisms of increasing the influence or special treatment. The character of political corruption results in the public interest in it, enhanced by the public character of the individuals it refers to. It is also influenced by the processual character of the phenomenon itself, but first of all by the specific attractive nature of corruption in social awareness. The article presents the findings of research concerning opinions on political corruption. Its goal is to study the relationships between the respondents' opinions on political authorities' honesty and the determinants of corrupt phenomena. The main research question is: Is there any relationship between the person's opinion on political authorities' honesty and the person's perception of political corruption? The hypothesis related to the question assumes there is a connection between the perception of political authorities' honesty and the evaluation of components of political corruption. The research is part of a research project carried out by the IPSO ORDO Academic Foundation on the perception of the corruption phenomenon in the public domain.

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Autorytarne tendencje w państwach postjugosłowiańskich

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Wojnicki J.

Studia Politologiczne

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2018

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vol. 47

153-168

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The article discusses the existence of authoritarian tendencies in post-Yugoslave countries. The analysis covers essentially three new state organisms – the Republic of Serbia, Montenegro and the Republic of Macedonia. It was pointed out that democratic changes do not show linear trends, after a period of democratic change, it is possible to regress and increase authoritarian changes. An outline of the development of political systems was presented, the trends of transformational processes were presented at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Trends in Civilian and Militia Participation in Terrorism and Insecurity in Contemporary Nigeria: A Reflection on Options for Social Order

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Ujomu P. O.

Dialogue and Universalism

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2015

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issue 4

173-194

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This paper examines the prevailing problems of insecurity and terrorism in Nigeria that have triggered fear, chaos, conflicts, violence and instability. The increase of terro-rist activities bordering on the state sponsored, home grown and transnational types of insurgency in Nigeria now pose serious threats to the viability and stability of the social order. A traditional pathway to addressing terrorism and insecurity is through the “hard” or paramilitary or military approaches. The military approach has not been too suc-cessful owing to deficiencies such as a motivation, a lack of focus, poor training and equipment, corruption and loss of public or citizens’ support among other shortfalls. As such an opening has been created for a broader approach that employs civilian security and militia formations to participate in the restoration of security and a social order free from terrorism. This paper tracks this social trend and examines the problems and pro-spects.

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MISUSE, PUNISHMENT AND NEPOTISM. GENDER PERSPECTIVES ON CORRUPTION IN LATVIA

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Hilmer Pedersen K., Johannsen L.

Sociālo Zinātņu Vēstnesis

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2013

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issue 1

7-17

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In global context international organizations like World Bank, UNDP and UNIFEM have begun to recommend that women should increasingly constitute a growing share of the civil service. This recommendation is an expansion of the positive discrimination position to increase gender equality rooted in the belief that women are morally superior to men, that is, are less inclined to accept corruption. Thus in societies characterized by systemic corruption gender based recruitment promises perhaps not a quick fix but at least a supplement to other anticorruption efforts. Given the prevalence of corruption in Latvia this paper questions is Latvian female civil servants really are morally superior to their male colleagues, or are the differences in attitudes towards corruption, punishment and nepotism an artefact of a socio-economic gender gap? Based on a survey of 500 Latvian civil servants, it is found that Latvian women do perceive corruption to be more widespread than men but are less inclined to support increased penalties for civil servants and firms caught in the act. These results are indicators of a socioeconomic gender gap. However, corruption is particular inherently difficult to research when respondents are asked about their own activities. Knowing that these activities are immoral if not outright illegal respondents are likely to ‘colour’ their answers. Therefore the present research capitalizes on the later years methodological developments by, for the first time, introducing the list experiment to the study of nepotism in surveys. Holding one group of respondents constant and only vary the list of answers slightly for the remaining respondents it is possible – without the respondents knowing this – to trace the prevalence of nepotism among Latvian civil servant. Using this technique no differences between the genders with respect to nepotism were found. In turn, the upbeat positive story is that Latvian civil servants espouse values that underpin modern administrative thought. The paper does not discuss positive discrimination as such but given the find that women are not morally superior to men this argument should not be used in the affirmative for a change in recruitment policies to the civil service.

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Tendencje niedemokratyczne w systemach politycznych państw Europy

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Wojnicki J., Zaleśny J., i inni i. i.

Studia Politologiczne

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2018

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vol. 47

1-340

PL

Niniejszy tom «Studiów Politologicznych» poświęcony jest kwestiom niedemokratycznych tendencji występujących w systemach politycznych państw Europy. Rozwój systemu demokratycznego nie ma charakteru linearnego. Można obserwować zjawiska wpływające negatywnie na funkcjonowanie demokracji liberalnej. Należy w tym kontekście wymienić: dominującą pozycję korporacji międzynarodowych, które są w stanie skutecznie wpływać na rządy, a nawet zmieniać rządy (vide: Włochy i Grecja w 2011 roku); rosnąca pozycja mass-mediów, które nie tylko kreują wydarzenia, mogą popularyzować polityków, ale również doprowadzić do jego upadku (Berlusconi we Włoszech); postępująca oligarchizacja partii politycznych, w których zanika dyskusja programowa oraz rośnie pozycja lidera i „dworu” skupionego wokół przywódcy; zmiany w realnych układach sił pomiędzy legislatywą a egzekutywą na skutek „rozpychania się” ambitnych polityków zajmujących fotele premiera i prezydenta, temu służy również przedstawianie polityki jako show w mediach, szczególnie w całodobowych kanałach informacyjnych (Sarkozy oraz Macron we Francji, Renzi we Włoszech); zmiany w ordynacjach wyborczych służące temu, aby ułatwić zdobycie mandatu rządzącym, a utrudnić politycznej konkurencji.

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Działania analityczno-informacyjne identyfikujące mechanizmy korupcyjne w procesach zarządzania.

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Walczak W.

Przegląd Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego

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2017

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vol. 9

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issue 16

55-72

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W artykule przestawiono kompleksowe rozważania i analizy przybliżające do lepszego poznania i zrozumienia mechanizmów korupcyjnych, jakie powszechnie występują w procesach zarządzania. Na wstępie scharakteryzowano różne ujęcia definicyjne omawianego zjawiska, akcentując jednocześnie, że wzorce zachowań określane mianem k o r u p c j a nie zawężają się wyłącznie do czynów zabronionych przez prawo. W dalszej części pracy zwrócono uwagę na postrzeganie omawianych problemów z perspektywy podważania zaufania do państwa i jego organów. Podkreślono przy tym, że każda arbitralna i uznaniowa decyzja podejmowana przez organy władzy publicznej może być oceniana z punktu widzenia przestrzegania zasad sprawiedliwości społecznej i równego traktowania. Następnie wnikliwie omówiono cele i znaczenie realizowanych czynności o charakterze analityczno-informacyjnym, które służą rozpoznawaniu praktyk korupcyjnych. Dodatkowo zaprezentowano metodykę postępowania, która umożliwia wszechstronne zdiagnozowanie oraz właściwe zrozumienie istoty, a także złożoności badanych zdarzeń i procesów.

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The article presents comprehensive deliberations and analyses bringing closer view to better cognition and understanding of the corruption mechanisms which constitute general practices appearing in management processes. Firstly, different definitional approaches to the discussed phenomenon are characterized, stressing simultaneously that patterns of behaviours described as c o r r u p t i o n are not narrowing exclusively to actions forbidden by the law. Hereinafter the attention is paid to perceiving analyzed problems from the perspective of undermining trust to the state and its organs. It was emphasized that each arbitrary and discretionary decision made by public authorities could be assessed from the point of view respecting adherence to the principles of the social justice and the fair treatment. Next, the aims and significance of carried out analytical- information activities which are devoted to recognizing and identifying corruption practice are thoroughly discussed which are devoted to recognizing and identifying corruption practice. Finally, the article presents methods of proceedings which enable versatile diagnosis and appropriate understanding the essence as well as the complexities of examined phenomena and processes.

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