Date of Graduation
5-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Department
Political Science
Advisor/Mentor
Parry, Janine
Committee Member/Reader
Ryan, Jeffrey
Committee Member/Second Reader
Zamboanga, Byron
Committee Member/Third Reader
Levine, Bill
Abstract
Through reviewing the existing scholarly literature on corruption, factors that seem to increase the likelihood or contribute to rising numbers in reported cases of corruption will be used to determine which factors are most highly correlated with the amount of reported public corruption in a state’s government. With this, one will gain knowledge on which states have the highest levels of reported corruption and what factors are present in the state that can help explain the high levels of corruption. This combination of relationships will answer the question as to what a state should look for to address issues related to political misdeeds. With that being said, we can examine where Arkansas falls with respect to general corruption level rankings compared to other states in the nation and assess the presence of multiple factors that may contribute to increasing the likelihood of higher numbers of reported corruption within the state.
Keywords
Arkansas, Political corruption, public corruption, fraud
Citation
Neeley, J. (2022). Determinants of Public Corruption in Arkansas and the Nation. Political Science Undergraduate Honors Theses Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/plscuht/13