RESEARCH VECTORS IN GENDER COMPONENT OF CORRUPTION

Abstract

Research of problems of corruption in the modern world is made from different perspectives, such as sociological, economic, legal, psychological, and others. However, the study of the corruption phenomenon requires a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach. Opportunity to construct gender examination of corruption represents an interest for the Russian sociological community. In particular, answers to questions regarding correlation of corruption and gender based on the fact that in recent years Russia had major corruption scandals associated with women (for example, Evgenya Vasilyeva, Elena Skrynnik, and others). Adopted in gender studies, "gender pyramid" describes the structure of government in society and defines approach, which operates such regularity as "the higher and more powerful position, the fewer women in such positions." There is a possibility that mentioned "gender pyramid" could be transformed into a "gender-corruption pyramid". However, number of current research on anti-corruption issues indicates that the more tolerant the society is to gender, the less it is prone to corruption. When investigating gender dimension of corruption in the modern world, it is necessary to distinguish three main accents, which are revealed in the article: correlation of corruption and gender peculiarity of the society in general, peculiarities of “female” corruption based on the structure of “gender pyramid", and "family" corruption. These problems arise from the analysis of information on incomes provided to government employees. The main vectors of gender study of corruption are presented in the article, the research of which will devise additional mechanisms to resist this deviation.