Understanding corruption from the perspective of young people Case study: Ardabil province
Subject Areas :
Robabe Aslani
1
,
samad rasoolzadeh agdam
2
,
Mehrdad Mohammadian
3
1 - Doctoral student in the field of Sociology, study of Iran's social issues, Khalkhal Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran
2 - Member of the academic staff of the Department of Family and Women's Studies, Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, East Azarbaijan, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Investigating Social Issues of Iran, Khalkhal Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran
Keywords: " فساد ادراک شده ", "جوانان ", " اعتماد اجتماعی ", " تبعیض, " Perceived corruption ", " youth ", " social trust ", " discrimination ",
Abstract :
Perception of corruption means the perception and attitude of people in the society towards the state of corruption and its examples. The concept of corruption, like other social concepts, is historical and conditional and is defined and understood in different ways over time and among discourse contexts. Since discourse is the creator of reality, with the way people speak and write, it is possible to give meaning to social realities and to discover the perspective of people towards social phenomena, including corruption. This study was conducted with the aim of deeply understanding the perceived corruption in the understanding of the youth of Ardabil province using content analysis method. The sampling method is purposeful. The semi-structured interviews with 12 youths of Ardabil province continued until theoretical saturation. Also, the data analysis method with textual data entry into MAXQDA software in three stages: And text interpretation, 3- merging and re-integrating the text was done. The results of data analysis showed; The youth of Ardabil province define the theme of perceived corruption with three themes: 1- cognitive, 2- emotional, 3- behavioral. From the perspective of young people, positive judgments and judgments about the process and the fight against the spread of corruption lead to the development of trust and social justice, and a negative attitude towards it leads to a decline in social capital.
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