Protecting Their Own: Brokers and Informality in Real-Life Corrupt Transactions in the Case of Slovak Healthcare

IF 1.9 2区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Problems of Post-Communism Pub Date : 2023-09-26 DOI:10.1080/10758216.2023.2253357

Kristina Cimova

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Abstract

The article carries out qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews and focus groups with over 40 participants, to gain insight into the real-life mechanisms underpinning corrupt transactions. The findings show a strong indication that corrupt transactions in this case study of Slovak healthcare are tethered to the practice of brokerage, with the broker becoming a central figure with greater power than previously suggested in corruption brokerage literature. The article suggests a clear cognitive dissonance between the perception of the broker’s services as a friendly favor, as opposed to the illegality of the practice, grounded in cultural idiosyncrasies of the CEE region.Footnote1

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本文通过深度访谈和40多名参与者的焦点小组进行定性分析，以深入了解腐败交易的现实机制。研究结果强烈表明，在斯洛伐克医疗保健的这个案例研究中，腐败交易与经纪业务联系在一起，经纪人成为比以前在腐败经纪文献中所建议的权力更大的核心人物。这篇文章提出了一种明显的认知失调，认为经纪人的服务是一种友好的帮助，而不是这种做法的非法性，这是基于中东欧地区的文化特质。Footnote1

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Problems of Post-Communism POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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4.00

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