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Revista mexicana de ciencias políticas y sociales
Print version ISSN 0185-1918
Rev. mex. cienc. polít. soc vol.47 n.193 Ciudad de México Jan./Apr. 2005
Sociedad y política
La democracia contra la corrupción*
1Universidad de British Columbia, 6333 Memorial Road, Vancouver, Canadá.
En el presente artículo, el autor afirma que la forma de combatir la corrupción es a través de la democracia. Partiendo de la base de que la sociedad civil es el medio conductor para evitar la corrupción, analiza la participación de aquella en la solución de este fenómeno. Asimismo, se pone énfasis en el papel del gobierno y de las asociaciones para la creación de una democracia que, a la larga, deberá combatir al "mal comportamiento de la política", como es denominada la corrupción. El autor demuestra que hay un vínculo intrínseco entre las formas democráticas de organizar las instituciones y el ejercicio de la política, llevando esto a resolver la corrupción.
Palabras clave: democracia; corrupción; accountabilty; sociedad civil
In this article the author, Mark E. Warren, explains that the way to defeat corruption is through democracy. Taking into account that the civil society is the means to avoid corruption, the author analyses its participation, as well as the one from the government and the associations in the creation of a democracy that will defeat the "misbehavior of politics", as corruption is known. Warren demonstrates that there is a link between the democratic forms to organize the institutions and the exercise of politics that lead to the end of corruption.
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Recibido: 28 de Enero de 2005; Aprobado: 22 de Febrero de 2005