Mutahi, Njoroge, Micheni, Makena and Lake, Milli (2023) The godfather provides: enduring corruption and organizational hierarchy in the Kenyan police service. Governance, 36 (2). 401 - 419. ISSN 0952-1895
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Despite government commitments to mitigate corruption and strengthen mechanisms of accountability in state security sectors, reform efforts frequently fail to curb illegal practices by state agents. Scholars offer explanations that range from deeply embedded societal norms of appropriate behavior to rational accounts emphasizing the individualized benefits corruption can offer. Using a case study of the Service Standing Orders in Kenya's National Police Service however, we build on the work of Persson et al.'s analysis to show how corrupt practices on the part of street-level agents are reinforced within organizational hierarchies, through institutionalized—rather than personalized—incentives and obligations. As a result, policy innovations that do not explicitly identify the countervailing incentives created through internal command structures are likely to miss potentially fruitful avenues for institutional reform.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14680491 |
| Additional Information: | © 2022 Wiley Periodicals LLC. |
| Divisions: | International Relations |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Mar 2023 23:21 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Apr 2024 18:57 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/118561 |
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