Abstract
This study surveys the institutional conditions that produce corruption in BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) nations. While this study focuses on BRIC as a case study in institutional corruption, it emphasizes the special role that each nation plays in the evolution of BRIC as a part of the global political economy. We utilize a helix structure as a means of expressing the intertwined, trans-dimensional aspects of corruption in BRIC among its various institutions. Our “quadruple helix model” reveals that the presence of a strong, meaningful alternative civil society is a significant fourth helix in several big emerging economies. This model demonstrates that data collected from multiple sources can effectively characterize the multi-dimensional systemic features of corruption if they are understood as institutional forces that evolve in sync with one another. This model demonstrates that, while the conventional wisdom that economic growth reduces corruption, bureaucratization and other institutional problems can increase corruption, especially when there are few conscious efforts to manage growth in relation to the evolution of civil society.
Highlights
Corruption practices seem ubiquitous in the global economy, with some countries business environments more affected than others
While this study focuses on BRIC as a case study in institutional corruption, it emphasizes the special role that each nation plays in the evolution of BRIC as a part of the global political economy
Our “quadruple helix model” reveals that the presence of a strong, meaningful alternative civil society is a significant fourth helix in several big emerging economies. This model demonstrates that data collected from multiple sources can effectively characterize the multi-dimensional systemic features of corruption if they are understood as institutional forces that evolve in sync with one another
Summary
Corruption practices seem ubiquitous in the global economy, with some countries business environments more affected than others. We will demonstrate that the presence of other factors, such as the presence of a long-standing history of cultural resistance to governance, the inability for these structures to produce a rationale for the work the government produces, and the extreme growth of these countries produce circumstances that defy the creation of a legitimate state. It is precisely because of the myriad nature of these relations that corruption is a nearly illegible force, a task that can better be described in terms of its complexity rather than any one dimension on its own
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