SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS OF REPRODUCTION CORRUP-TOGENIC POLITICAL CULTURE

Abstract

Psychological factors at the micro-social level that reflect corrupt political culture are analyzed. Specific parameters of self-concept typical personality, which corrupt the social environment carries out purposeful exposure, are examined. Attention is drawn to the fact that a corruption mentality of the population is a significant barrier to socio-political reforms in countries with undemocratic historical experience, the contempt of legislative norms, disrespectful to the person and his / her dignity and rights. For example, some States (Italy) analyze etiquette, rhetoric, patterns of behaviour that creates a corrupt political culture at the grassroots level of society. In the case of the spread of corruption within certain limits conditions of existence in a society that uses dual or inverted system of legal and moral-ethical norms. Corrupt political culture makes the public institutions largely serve the interests of lobby groups and organized crime.
Corrupt political culture support, particularly business leaders, in which the conditions of competition seek to obtain the most favourable economic conditions, are trying to eliminate competitors, to avoid risks, to have stable contracts to supply their plants. All this compels the use of political patronage from the side of authorities. The results of empirical research of political culture of the Ukrainian sampling undertaken during 2013 are analyzed.
It is revealed that the corrupt political culture in Ukrainian society calls on the level of labour relations, the high level of authoritarian control, the abuse of heads of the enterprises of power in the labour remuneration of workers, hiring and dismissal. According to the most respondents, corrupt behaviour of officials caused by personal reasons (greed, low cultural level) and social reasons (immoral example politicians, the total disregard for the laws in society).