Gift Giving and Corruption

Adam Graycar and David Jancsics

International Journal of Public Administration, 2017, vol. 40, issue 12, 1013-1023

Abstract: When individuals exchange gifts, social bonds are strengthened and reciprocity is created. If the gift and the reciprocation both come from private resources, it is clearly a gift. If what is reciprocated after a gift is given comes from an organization, or is a government resource rather than from “one’s own pocket” then it is most likely a bribe. This study reviews the anthropological literature on gift giving and constructs a typology for examining the gift/bribe distinction in public administration. This classification helps distinguish analytically among different gift practices and clarify conceptual ambiguity of the terms gift and bribe.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2016.1177833

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