Kočner’s Judges : Case Study of State Capture

J 2022

Kočner’s Judges : Case Study of State Capture

SLIEPKOVÁ, Petra a Aneta PINKOVÁ

Základní údaje

Originální název

Kočner’s Judges : Case Study of State Capture

Autoři

SLIEPKOVÁ, Petra (203 Česká republika) a Aneta PINKOVÁ (203 Česká republika, domácí)

Vydání

Communist Post-Communist Studies, Oakland, University of California Press, 2022, 0967-067X

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

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 0.900

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/22:00126733

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1535811

UT WoS

000863305500004

Klíčová slova anglicky

state capture; Slovak Republic; judiciary; Marián Kočner

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 20. 2. 2023 12:32, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

Marián Kočner, a controversial Slovak businessman, alleged to have ordered the killing of a young journalist, Ján Kuciak, in 2018, is now—on account of the investigation of the murder—known to have controlled many judges at different levels of the judiciary, frequently bribing them in exchange for information and favorable verdicts. In this case study, we analyze Kočner’s influence on the Slovak judiciary system through the concept of state capture. State capture, manifested in a substantial overrepresentation of powerful economic interests over the state and its political system, has long been a topic of interest for researchers specialized in post-communist countries. Despite frequent use in academic literature, however, its operationalization remains inconsistent. We propose that four empirical criteria can define state capture: (1) identifying multiple corrupt public actors on the one hand, and a captor exerting some form of decisive influence over them on the other; (2) an illegitimate exchange takes place—that is, the mechanism of capture; (3) the exchange has a beneficial outcome for the captor; and (4) the captor’s influence within the institution is systematic. We argue that in the case of “Kočner’s judges,” all these criteria are fulfilled.

Návaznosti

GA18-16928S, projekt VaV

Název: Distributivní politika ve střední Evropě

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Distributivní politika ve střední Evropě

MUNI/A/1502/2021, interní kód MU

Název: Aktuální problémy politologického výzkumu VIII.

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Aktuální problémy politologického výzkumu VIII.

Přiložené soubory

Kocners_Judges.pdf

Požádat o autorskou verzi souboru

Citovat

SLIEPKOVÁ, Petra a Aneta PINKOVÁ. Kočner’s Judges : Case Study of State Capture. Communist Post-Communist Studies. Oakland: University of California Press, 2022, roč. 55, č. 3, s. 69-90. ISSN 0967-067X. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1535811.

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SLIEPKOVÁ, Petra a Aneta PINKOVÁ. Kočner’s Judges : Case Study of State Capture. \textit{Communist Post-Communist Studies}. Oakland: University of California Press, 2022, roč.~55, č.~3, s.~69-90. ISSN~0967-067X. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1535811.

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