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The Loss of Governance Capacity through Corruption
Author(s) -
GRAYCAR ADAM,
VILLA DIEGO
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
governance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.46
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1468-0491
pISSN - 0952-1895
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0491.2011.01535.x
Subject(s) - language change , outrage , corporate governance , civil service , government (linguistics) , good governance , civil society , business , public administration , economics , public economics , political science , public service , finance , law , politics , art , linguistics , philosophy , literature
Corruption manifests itself in many ways and at different levels. Corrupt behavior causes outrage to victims and those who value civil society, it impedes good government and administrative practice. The policy challenge in reducing corruption is to identify the component parts of corrupt behavior and the risk–reward profiles of offenders. This exploratory article begins this process by reporting data from 100 successfully prosecuted cases from New York City. The article analyzes data on varying degrees of corruption in service provision in New York City. The loss to the city is much more a loss of governance capacity than it is a monetary loss.