Article
The Cultural Roots of Corruption in Greece
Mediterranean Quarterly
(2014)
Abstract
Despite periods of growth, modern Greece is no stranger to severe and prolonged economic crises. Analyses of Greece’s current economic crisis have stayed clear of the seminal importance of culture as a key variable responsible for widespread and persistent corruption that has deprived the country of a viable and sound economic foundation. This essay seeks to fill the void by concentrating of the cultural roots of corruption and the sources and factors that generate, nurture, and maintain high levels of corruption in the Greek setting. Borrowing from anthropological literature, the essay utilizes nine cultural dimensions of corruption: uncertainty avoidance, future orientation, institutional/societal collectivism, individual/in-group collectivism, human orientation, performance orientation, power distance, assertiveness, and gender egalitarianism.
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Publication Date
June 1, 2014
DOI
10.1215/10474552-2685785
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Citation Information
Constantine P. Danopoulos. "The Cultural Roots of Corruption in Greece" Mediterranean Quarterly Vol. 25 Iss. 2 (2014) p. 105 - 130 ISSN: 1047-4552 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/constantine_danopoulos/156/