KUPKA, Petr a Michal MOCHŤAK. The Nagygate Affair, Corruption and Organized Crime: Corruption Networks and their Potential Impact on the Quality of Democracy in the Czech Republic. World Political Science. 2015, roč. 11, č. 1, s. 157-185. ISSN 2363-4774. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/wps-2015-0004.
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Základní údaje
Originální název The Nagygate Affair, Corruption and Organized Crime: Corruption Networks and their Potential Impact on the Quality of Democracy in the Czech Republic
Autoři KUPKA, Petr (203 Česká republika, domácí) a Michal MOCHŤAK (703 Slovensko, garant, domácí).
Vydání World Political Science, 2015, 2363-4774.
Další údaje
Originální jazyk angličtina
Typ výsledku Článek v odborném periodiku
Obor 50601 Political science
Stát vydavatele Spojené státy
Utajení není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
WWW URL
Kód RIV RIV/00216224:14230/15:00080787
Organizační jednotka Fakulta sociálních studií
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/wps-2015-0004
Klíčová slova anglicky corruption; Czech Republic; democracy; Nagygate; organized crime; post-socialism; transgression
Příznaky Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změnil Změnil: Mgr. Petr Kupka, Ph.D., učo 180651. Změněno: 12. 5. 2015 12:04.
Anotace
This paper addresses the influence of organized crime on the performance of democracy in the Czech Republic and seeks to determine which dimensions of its political system (if any) are most endangered. We construe organized crime in terms of corruption networks, questioning in effect the predominant understanding of these two concepts as distinct or even exclusive phenomena. The paper thus construes corruption and organized crime as concepts referring to transgressive acts (i.e., behavior that involves a violation of moral or social boundaries that need not be legally codified), rather than in terms of legal norms. The influence of corruption networks is demonstrated using the “Nagygate” affair, which is analyzed using Maltz’s framework of potential harm. We argue that the debate on organized crime in the Czech Republic is, in fact, inherently tied to the study of corruption, since corruption constitutes an integral part of organized crime activity. Our findings are that transgressive behavior has a mostly negative impact, including loss of trust, the widespread belief that injustice goes unpunished, a weakening of the political system, and degeneration of the democratic regime. Moreover, the Nagygate scandal provides evidence that democratic institutions are not solely victims of organized crime but also a potential source of transgressive acts.
Návaznosti
GAP408/11/0709, projekt VaVNázev: Soudobé výzvy demokracii ve středovýchodní Evropě
Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Soudobé výzvy demokracii ve středovýchodní Evropě
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