POLITICAL CORRUPTION IN THE AMERICAN STATES
- 1 October 1983
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in American Politics Quarterly
- Vol. 11 (4) , 507-517
- https://doi.org/10.1177/004478083011004007
Abstract
Political corruption is less common in states that have Moralistic political cultures and more educated populations. Contrary to expectations, however, political corruption is not related to crime rates or urbanization.Keywords
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