Corruption, Prebendalism and the Fragile State: A Case Study on Liberia

Abstract

The study investigated the relationships between the dependent variable (fragile state) and the independent variables (Corruption and Prebendalism). The quantitative research method was adopted along with a survey design. The population of the study was 5.2 million people in Liberia. A simple random sampling technique generated 399 respondents as sample size. There result showed that there was a positive and strong correlation between political corruption and state fragility (R= 0.744, p <0.05). Bureaucratic corruption as a regressor explained 47% of the variation in state fragility (R= 0.744, p <0.05).Also, the regression model with ethnicity as a regressor can account for 37.6% of the variation in state fragility(R= 0.376, p <0.05). The regression model with political party allegiance as a regressor shows that 24.8% of the variation in state fragility can be explained by the model.