Gender, accountability, and corruption: new directions

Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer

Chapter 2 in Handbook on Gender and Corruption in Democracies, 2024, pp 17-29 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Research on women’s representation and corruption has come a long way since Dollar et al. (2001) and Swamy et al. (2001) highlighted a correlation between the aggregate percentage of a legislature that is female and national corruption perceptions indices. One theme that has become particularly important is how accountability affects the relationship between gender and corruption. Although studies have shown that the link between women’s representation and reduced corruption is more positive when accountability is higher, they have not fully explored how, why, where, and when this is the case. In this chapter, I first review what we know about how accountability moderates the relationship between women’s representation and corruption and then offer six suggestions to move the field forward in its understanding of how, why, and where accountability works in relation to gender and corruption.

Keywords: Law - Academic; Politics and Public Policy Sustainable Development Goals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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