Meet the victim: Police corruption, violence, and political mobilization

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ponce, Aldo F.; Somuano, Ma Fernanda; Lopez Velarde, Rodrigo Velazquez
• 署名单位: Colegio de Mexico
• 刊物名称: GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0952-1895
• DOI: 10.1111/gove.12629
• 发表日期: 2022
• 关键词: collective action; voter turnout; PARTICIPATION; trust; grievances; perceptions; multilevel; DEMOCRACY; Europe; models

摘要

Recent literature has analyzed the relationship between governmental corruption and political behavior, focusing on voting turnout (Stockemer, LaMontagne, & Scruggs, 2013). Fewer studies have examined the impact of corruption on nonelectoral political participation. This article fills this gap by examining how nonelectoral political participation is influenced by corruption within one of the most important institutions dealing with citizens' welfare and safety: the police. We focus our research on Mexico because the effects of police corruption have been increasingly felt in the country in recent decades. We find that experiences of police corruption raise the likelihood of taking the streets to protest. Interestingly, we also find that corruption experiences specifically with police bureaucracies lead to greater likelihood of nonelectoral participation through institutional channels. We also report that the combination of police corruption and violent crime alienates citizens from the political sphere.