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The microdynamics shaping the relationship between democracy and corruption
Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 478 (2022), 2257; 20210567. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2021.0567
Podobnik, Boris; Jusup, Marko; Korošak, Dean; Holme, Petter; Lipić, Tomislav

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Podobnik, B., Jusup, M., Korošak, D., Holme, P. & Lipić, T. (2022). The microdynamics shaping the relationship between democracy and corruption. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 478. (2257). doi: 10.1098/rspa.2021.0567

Podobnik, Boris, et al. "The microdynamics shaping the relationship between democracy and corruption." Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, vol. 478, no. 2257, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2021.0567

Podobnik, Boris, Marko Jusup, Dean Korošak, Petter Holme and Tomislav Lipić. "The microdynamics shaping the relationship between democracy and corruption." Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 478, no. 2257 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2021.0567

Podobnik, B., et al. (2022) 'The microdynamics shaping the relationship between democracy and corruption', Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 478(2257). doi: 10.1098/rspa.2021.0567

Podobnik B, Jusup M, Korošak D, Holme P, Lipić T. The microdynamics shaping the relationship between democracy and corruption. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences [Internet]. 2022 January 12 [cited 2025 April 06];478(2257). doi: 10.1098/rspa.2021.0567

B. Podobnik, M. Jusup, D. Korošak, P. Holme and T. Lipić, "The microdynamics shaping the relationship between democracy and corruption", Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, vol. 478, no. 2257, January 2022. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:157:483770. [Accessed: 06 April 2025]

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Title (english)The microdynamics shaping the relationship between democracy and corruption
AuthorBoris Podobnik
AuthorMarko Jusup
AuthorDean Korošak
AuthorPetter Holme
AuthorTomislav Lipić
Author's institutionUniversity of Rijeka
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		NATURAL SCIENCES
Physics
Abstract (english)
Physics has a long tradition of laying rigorous quantitative foundations for social phenomena. Here, we up the ante for physics' forays into the territory of social sciences by (i) empirically documenting a tipping point in the relationship between democratic norms and corruption suppression, and then (ii) demonstrating how such a tipping point emerges from a micro-scale mechanistic model of spin dynamics in a complex network. Specifically, the tipping point in the relationship between democratic norms and corruption suppression is such that democratization has little effect on suppressing corruption below a critical threshold, but a large effect above the threshold. The micro-scale model of spin dynamics underpins this phenomenon by reinterpreting spins in terms of unbiased (i.e. altruistic) and biased (i.e. parochial) other-regarding behaviour, as well as the corresponding voting preferences. Under weak democratic norms, dense social connections of parochialists enable coercing enough opportunist voters to vote in favour of perpetuating parochial in-group bias. Society may, however, strengthen democratic norms in a rapid turn of events during which opportunists adopt altruism and vote to subdue bias. The emerging model outcome at the societal scale thus mirrors the data, implying that democracy either perpetuates or suppresses corruption depending on the prevailing democratic norms.
Keywords (english)
Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewPeer review - international
Publication versionPublished version
Journal titleProceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Numberingvol. 478, no. 2257, 20210567
p-ISSN1364-5021
e-ISSN1471-2946
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2021.0567
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:157:483770
Publication2022-01-12
ProjectNumber: KK.01.1.1.01.009
Title (croatian): DATACROSS - Napredne metode i tehnologije u znanosti o podatcima i kooperativnim sustavima
Title (english): Advanced methods and technologies in Data Science and Cooperative Systems
Acronym: DATACROSS
Leader: Sven Lončarić
Jurisdiction: eu
Document URLhttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspa.2021.0567
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