Gender system and corruption: Patriarchy as a predictor of fairness

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ottervik, Mattias; Su, Zheng
• 署名单位: Shandong University; Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• 刊物名称: GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0952-1895
• DOI: 10.1111/gove.12693
• 发表日期: 2023
• 关键词: womens representation; fairer sex; beliefs; culture; INEQUALITY; attitudes; POLITICS; origins; clans

摘要

This article tests gender system as a mediator in the relationship between gender and corruption. Using data from World Values Survey we find a robust, significant link between acceptance of patriarchy and acceptance of corruption. We also find a significant link between acceptance of male superiority and acceptance of corruption. In the relationship between gender and attitudes toward corruption, gender system is a consistently statistically significant predictor of acceptance of corruption whereas gender is not. The predictive power of acceptance of patriarchy and male superiority on corruption holds even with extensive controls. These results provide insight into the link between gender and corruption and suggest some of the wide-ranging effects of gender system on the political system.