Anti-corruption Agencies – Silver Bullet Against Corrupion or Fifth Wheel to a Coach? Analysis from the Perspective of the Constructivist Theory of Social Problems | Zendy

Grzegorz Makowski | Zendy

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Anti-corruption Agencies – Silver Bullet Against Corrupion or Fifth Wheel to a Coach? Analysis from the Perspective of the Constructivist Theory of Social Problems

Author(s) -

Grzegorz Makowski

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

studia z polityki publicznej

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2719-7131

pISSN - 2391-6389

DOI - 10.33119/kszpp.2016.3.3

Subject(s) - language change , argument (complex analysis) , perspective (graphical) , phenomenon , social constructivism , constructivism (international relations) , epistemology , positive economics , sociology , social phenomenon , silver bullet , political science , law and economics , social science , computer science , law , economics , politics , artificial intelligence , art , biochemistry , chemistry , philosophy , international relations , literature , anthropology

Constructivism is the most dynamically evolving concept in the sociology of social problems. The research projects based on this paradigm, especially those dedicated to corruption, provide valuable insights and opportunities to formulate conclusions on the nature of this phenomenon, which would be difficult to derive from other theoretical traditions. The main purpose of this paper is to show how a constructivist approachmight be used to better understand the nature of modern corruption, and why one of the most popular solutions nowadays, anti-corruption agencies (ACAs), so often fail. The author’s main argument is that one of the most important reasons why the ACAs fail is strongly related to how a social problem of corruption is constructed.

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