Administrative Corruption as a Structural Attribute: A Case Study of an Returnee Employment in One of Kabul Public Universities

Akhlaqi, Amena; Yousefi, Ali; Asgharpourmasouleh, Ahmadreza

doi:10.22054/qjss.2021.52902.2253

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Ph.D Candidate of Economic Sociology and Development , Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, mASHHAD, iRAN

² Associate Professor of Sociology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

³ Assistant Professor of Sociology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/qjss.2021.52902.2253

Abstract

Corruption is a structural feature of the economic and political subsystem of Afghan society. A structural feature is obligatory. Therefore, it is expected that the migrant returning from Iran act accroding to system while facing a corupt system. The question of the present study is how this process occurs? For this purpose, the case study method has been used. Data come from 17 interviews, one of which was conducted as the main case. Data analysis has been done in a conceptual framework derived from the theories of the quality of political institutions, embedding, and the power of weak ties. Results show that job information obtained from weak ties leads to successful job achievement when supported by strong ties. At first, the person may turn to the legal process of employment, but corupt system motivates him /her to use strong ties which finally leads to corruption neutralization. It means that the corrupted structure reproduce itself.

Keywords

20.1001.1.17351162.1399.27.89.5.3

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Administrative Corruption as a Structural Attribute: A Case Study of an Returnee Employment in One of Kabul Public Universities

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Volume 27, Issue 89
April 2020
Pages 125-154

Administrative Corruption as a Structural Attribute: A Case Study of an Returnee Employment in One of Kabul Public Universities

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Volume 27, Issue 89April 2020Pages 125-154

Volume 27, Issue 89
April 2020
Pages 125-154