Perceptions and Attitudes about Corruption and Democracy in Mexico

Author:

Bailey John1,Paras Pablo2

Affiliation:

1. Georgetown University

2. University of Connecticut

Abstract

Corruption is one of the most significant challenges confronting processes of democratic governability in Mexico. This article brings a methodological focus to bear on three sets of topics: (1) In what activities or instances of daily life do respondents claim to encounter corruption? (2) Who cares about corruption? That is, what is the salience of corruption to various groups? (3) What are the effects of perceptions of corruption on satisfaction with/support for democracy? Based on a secondary analysis of three data sets, our principal findings are that (1) the term, ““corruption,”” has several different meanings for respondents; (2) government is viewed as only slightly more corrupt than society; (3) if we include bribes as corruption, a rather small subset of the samples (about a quarter) claim to have directly experienced bribery; and (4) perceptions of corruption negatively influence satisfaction with democracy, and those who perceive corruption to be a significant problem are less likely to trust institutions or individuals. In addition to these findings, we speculate about a puzzle: If rather few respondents claim direct experience with corruption in their daily lives, why do so many express such firm and pessimistic views about corruption in so many distant spheres of political and social life?La corrupcióón es uno de los retos máás importantes que enfrenta el proceso de gobernabilidad democráática en Mééxico. El artíículo presenta un enfoque metodolóógico para abordar tres preguntas: (1) segúún los entrevistados, ¿¿en quéé actividades de la vida diaria se experimenta corrupcióón?; (2) ¿¿a quiéén le importa la corrupcióón?; es decir, ¿¿cuáál es la prominencia de la corrupcióón para diferentes grupos?; y ¿¿cuááles son los efectos de las percepciones de corrupcióón en la apoyo y satisfaccióón democráática? Basados en investigacióón secundaria de tres bases de datos nuestros hallazgos son los siguientes: (1) la palabra, ““corrupcióón,”” tiene diferentes significados entre los entrevistados; (2) el gobierno es percibido sóólo ligeramente máás corrupto que la sociedad; (3) si incluimos las ‘‘mordidas’’ como corrupcióón, un subgrupo de la muestra (un cuarto aproximadamente) dice haber participado directamente en los sobornos; y (4) las percepciones sobre la corrupcióón afectan negativamente la satisfaccióón con la democracia y aquellos que perciben que la corrupcióón es un problema grave son menos propensos a confiar en las instituciones y en los individuos. Ademáás, especulamos sobre un enigma: si son pocos quienes afirman tener una experiencia directa con la corrupcióón, por quéé tantos expresan un firme y marcado pesimismo sobre la corrupcióón en diversas esferas de la vida políítica y social?

Publisher

University of California Press

Subject

History,Cultural Studies

Reference18 articles.

1. Bailey, John and Roy Godson. (eds.). 2000. Organized Crime and Democratic Governability: Mexico & the U.S.Mexican Borderlands. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.

2. Caldeira, Teresa P.R. 2000. City of Walls: Crime, Segregation, and Citizenship in Sao Paulo. Berkeley: University of California Press.

3. Camp, Roderic Ai. 2001. "Democracy through Latin American Lenses: An Appraisal." In Citizen Views of Democracy in Latin America ed. Roderic Camp. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.

4. Canache, Damartys and Michael Allison. 2003. "Corrupted Perceptions: The Effect of Corruption on Political Support in Latin American Democracies." Delivered at the XXIV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Dallas-Texas, March 27-29.

5. Dahl, Robert A. 1971. Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition. New Haven: Yale University Press.

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