Schizophrenia of Corrupt Behavior: Traditional norms versus Weberian forms

Mason C. Hoadley and Neelambar Hatti ()
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Mason C. Hoadley: School of Languages and Literature, Lund University
Neelambar Hatti: Department of Economic History, Lund University, Postal: Department of Economic History, Lund University, Box 7083, S-220 07 Lund, Sweden

No 178, Lund Papers in Economic History from Lund University, Department of Economic History

Abstract: Elements of traditional public behavior tend to fall precariously close to what in Western/Weberian terms are percieved as corrupt practices. More specifically, the paper focuses on a number of themes borrowed from our earlier works on corruption in India and Indonesia. To counter possible interpretations that developing countries are per se corrupt, we draw upon the anthropological ob-servations concerning traditional behavior in Indian villages and Robert Neild’s historical sum-maries of developing European countries in order to fulfil demands inherent of social science. The essay closes by postulating issues for further research.

Keywords: corruption; sleaze; Weberian/Western bureaucracy; traditional/local institutions; pub-lic behaviour (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D73 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2018-09-26
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