Gift Giving and Corruption
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2016-06-07
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Graycar, Adam
Jancsics, David
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Taylor & Francis
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When individuals exchange gifts, social bonds are strengthened and reciprocity is created. If the gift and the reciprocation both come from private resources, it is clearly a gift. If what is reciprocated after a gift is given comes from an organization, or is a government resource rather than from “one’s own pocket” then it is most likely a bribe. This study reviews the anthropological literature on gift giving and constructs a typology for examining the gift/bribe distinction in public administration. This classification helps distinguish analytically among different gift practices and clarify conceptual ambiguity of the terms gift and bribe.
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Anthropology, corruption, gift giving, public administration
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International Journal of Public Administration
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