The Nagygate Affair, Corruption and Organized Crime: Corruption
Networks and their Potential Impact on the Quality of Democracy
in the Czech Republic

J 2015

The Nagygate Affair, Corruption and Organized Crime: Corruption Networks and their Potential Impact on the Quality of Democracy in the Czech Republic

KUPKA, Petr a Michal MOCHŤAK

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

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/15:00080787

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1515/wps-2015-0004

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-84969922111

Klíčová slova anglicky

corruption; Czech Republic; democracy; Nagygate; organized crime; post-socialism; transgression

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 12. 5. 2015 12:04, Mgr. Petr Kupka, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

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 VaV

Název: Soudobé výzvy demokracii ve středovýchodní Evropě

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Soudobé výzvy demokracii ve středovýchodní Evropě

Citovat

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://doi.org/10.1515/wps-2015-0004.

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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. \textit{World Political Science}. 2015, roč.~11, č.~1, s.~157-185. ISSN~2363-4774. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1515/wps-2015-0004.

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