000			01889pab a2200181 454500
008			180718b2007 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
100			_aGoetz, Anne Marie
245			_aPolitical cleaners: women as the new anti-corruption force?
260			_c2007
300			_ap.87-105.
362			_aJan
520			_aThere is currently a myth in the making: that women are less corrupt than men. Recently some aid donors have cited statistical evidence that countries with larger numbers of women in politics and in the workforce have lower levels of corruption. that this finding can be explained by the fact that therfe are more women in politics and the workforce in liberal democracies that are anyway less corrupt than poorer less liberal regimes does not detract from the eagerness with which some development actors are seizing upon the potential role women might play in fighting corruption. The myth of women's incorruptibility is not, of course, new. It is grounded in essentialist notions of women's higher moral nature and an assumed propensity to bring this to bear on public life, and particularly on the conduct of politics. After demonstrating that some of the recent studies about gender and corruption record perceptions about propensities to engage in corrupt behaviour, this contribution suggests rather that the gendered nature of access to politics and public life shapes opportunities for corruption. In addition, corruption can be experienced differently by women and men, which has implications for anti-corruption strategies. A gendered analysis of corruption is in fact a useful entry-point to the examination of the gendered nature of accountability failures, and of gender-specific gaps in current attempts to promote good governance. - Reproduced.
650			_aCorruption
650			_aWomen
773			_aDevelopment and Change
908			_aN
909			_a74491
999			_c74491 _d74491