Motivations for ritual performance in bribery: Ethnographic case studies of the use of guanxi to gain school places in China
Abstract
According to Goffman, interaction rituals are underpinned by moral norms, and work in a moral fashion. The research discussed here, based on ethnographic case studies of the use of guanxi (Chinese personal connections) to gain school places in two Chinese cities, reveals that ritual performance in bribery guanxi can construct moral performance, implying justice and morality and thereby giving rise to a bribery subculture. Such moral performance,...
Paper Details
Title
Motivations for ritual performance in bribery: Ethnographic case studies of the use of guanxi to gain school places in China
Published Date
Dec 11, 2019
Journal
Volume
69
Issue
1
Pages
41 - 58
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