Hi, I am interested in focusing my dissertation on corruption (specifically in Colombia or Latin America). As the theme is very broad, I would really appreciate if you could give me some suggestions on what to focus my research on so that I can come up with a narrowed research question. Also, if you have specific corruption theories I could look into that would be great. (I already looked into underdevelopment theories such as neo-patrimonialism and dependency theory).
I have brainstormed some ideas that can be linked to corruption:
- underdevelopment (health, education, infrastructure)
- as a threat to democracy (institutions, transparency, public policy, unpunishment)
Thank you!
(International Political Economy)
I suggest one: Do competitive politics reduce corruption? Take a time-frame and relate with democracy. Suggesting you a few links:
1. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-political-science/article/abs/party-system-institutionalization-accountability-and-governmental-corruption/26C58E45EE78F5242FD9A35916192CEF
2. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/corruption-contention-and-reform/0CDF3D6755ADD22FFDCA83AD1884A3B9
Hope this works, all the best
In the colombian context, the interplay between paramilitary, the military, and government corruption might be of interest. You could highlight the implications for business.
That’s s very broad subject. You could focud in causes, like weak democracy system or cultural issues, or in consequences like development process failure or economic lost. I suggest to focus on causes and explore the relation between corruption and poverty
Dear Camacho I suggest for specify governance (local/regional/central) as your study area and will be able to use Participatory development approach as yor conceptual framework.