BRAZILIANS' PERCEPTION OF CORRUPTION: A multidimensional analysis
This work aims to identify how Brazilian citizens perceive corruption and its impacts. The research employed the survey method, applying questionnaires across the entire Brazilian territory. A total of 1,068 questionnaires were administered to understand the level of corruption perception in Brazili...
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Instituto de Investigación y Formación en Administración Pública (IIFAP-FCS-UNC)
2025
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| Sumario: | This work aims to identify how Brazilian citizens perceive corruption and its impacts. The research employed the survey method, applying questionnaires across the entire Brazilian territory. A total of 1,068 questionnaires were administered to understand the level of corruption perception in Brazilian society. The results indicate that the Brazilian population is capable of perceiving the existence of corruption and identifying its impacts on the social environment. In terms of corruption among public officials, the items with the highest averages were corruption within the country (4.03) and corruption among politicians (4.25). Most respondents believe that corruption significantly impacts social inequality, economic development, democracy, public services, and politics. Consequently, the perception of corruption's existence leads to diminished credibility and legitimacy of the political system, potentially resulting in reduced electoral participation by these citizens in the system itself. Brazil has been afflicted by numerous allegations of corruption in recent years, almost constituting a social endemic. Corruption plagues the entire world, particularly the least developed countries, with diverse causes and major negative implications on societies in political, economic, institutional, and social terms. The effects of corruption thus deteriorate the quality of democracy; they can decrease adherence to the regime, encourage acceptance of authoritarian choices, negatively impact obeyance to the law, and inhibit tendencies towards political participation. |
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