J 2022

The evolving perceptions of corruption in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic

PLAČEK, Michal; Vladislav VALENTINOV; František OCHRANA; Gabriela VACEKOVÁ; Ivan LANGR et. al.

Basic information

Original name

The evolving perceptions of corruption in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic

Authors

PLAČEK, Michal (203 Czech Republic, guarantor); Vladislav VALENTINOV (276 Germany); František OCHRANA (203 Czech Republic); Gabriela VACEKOVÁ (703 Slovakia); Ivan LANGR (203 Czech Republic) and Milan Jan PŮČEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Governance, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2022, 0952-1895

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

50902 Social sciences, interdisciplinary

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

References:

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.900

Organization unit

AMBIS University

UT WoS

000685853800001

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85112787389

Keywords in English

corruption; Corruption Perceptions Index; communist regime; public pocurement; Czech Republic; Czechoslovakia

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Changed: 27/3/2023 12:06, Bc. Olga Puldová

Abstract

In the original language

Along with other postcommunist Central and East European countries, the Czech Republic continues to exhibit alarming levels of corruption. The present article draws on unique stakeholder interviews and document analysis to explore the evolving perceptions of corruption by Czech actors who had intimate knowledge of how this practice was occurring in the period between the last years of the communist regime until today. The key finding is that corruption in the Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic evolved from an individual coping strategy at the time of communism to a systemic phenomenon, which is widely institutionalized today, especially in the public procurement procedures.