Cultural and mental determinants of political corruption and counteracting it: the example of Ukraine

Abstract

The author researches the problems of political corruption in Ukraine and creating the system of counteracting it from the point of view of cultural and mental determinants. The article investigates the mental foundations of political corruption. The focus is made on the main characteristics of anticorruption culture and anticorruption mentality. It determines the role of anticorruption values in the formation of democratic political and legal mentality. It emphasizes the gap between the value and functional levels of corruption perception by the citizens of Ukraine and describes the phenomenon of corruption pragmatism. The author substantiates the significance of anticorruption culture as a basis of corrupt actions counteraction in politics.