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Corruption and Government Trust: A Survey of Urban and Rural Inhabitants in the North and Northeast of Thailand

International Public Management Review

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Title Corruption and Government Trust: A Survey of Urban and Rural Inhabitants in the North and Northeast of Thailand
 
Creator Punyaratabandhu, Suchitra
 
Description The purpose of this paper is to investigate citizen attitudes toward control of corruption, their trust in government, and the relationship between trust and corruption in order to determine whether these factors are conducive to governance reform. The sample consists of 3,600 respondents surveyed in late 2005-early 2006 in the north and northeast regions of Thailand. The findings indicate that almost threequarters of the respondents said that petty and routine corruption was unacceptable; only one-third said they trusted or somewhat trusted public officials. Trust and control of corruption attitudes are positively, although weakly, correlated. The findings suggest that citizen attitudes toward corruption and their levels of trust in government are not antithetical to the notion of good governance. The data reveal considerable variation, however. Using partial correlation analysis, education and urban-rural distinctions are identified as key: persons with higher educational attainment and urban inhabitants are more likely to state that petty and routine corruption is unacceptable, and they are less likely to trust public officials, than persons with less education or persons living in rural areas. Gender and age have surprisingly little effect.
 
Publisher International Public Management Review
 
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Date 2014-03-21
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
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Identifier http://journals.sfu.ca/ipmr/index.php/ipmr/article/view/38
 
Source International Public Management Review; Vol 8, No 2 (2007); 164-182
1662-1387
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journals.sfu.ca/ipmr/index.php/ipmr/article/view/38/38
 
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