Populism, scandal management and state-facilitated "covid-corruption" in the United Kingdom
The pandemic presented a uniquely unrestricted bonanza in many countries for opportunistic profitmaking at the public expense. In the United Kingdom, this took the form of collusion between senior political figures and business associates in purchasing medical supplies which, allied to the suspensio...
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2021-12-01
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| description | The pandemic presented a uniquely unrestricted bonanza in many countries for opportunistic profitmaking at the public expense. In the United Kingdom, this took the form of collusion between senior political figures and business associates in purchasing medical supplies which, allied to the suspension of procurement governance, led to irregular, even fraudulent, contracting practices. Analyses of corruption often stress the combination of system abuses by officials and ill-functioning governance as factors in undermining public trust. Whilst these held true in the case of procurement corruption in the UK, this article focuses on the relationships between populism and de democratising trends aimed at disarming critical opposition to elite misappropriation and profiteering in the context of a crisis. Operating under the cover of emergency pandemic planning, the UK government presides over historical levels of state facilitated misappropriation while largely deflecting political accountability or sanction from those responsible. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6f6e9656e4fb494295b65e2a3841b1c12022-12-22T02:38:23ZengInstytut Nauk Prawnych PANArchiwum Kryminologii0066-68902021-12-01XLIII2396110.7420/AK2021.33Populism, scandal management and state-facilitated "covid-corruption" in the United KingdomCorcoran Mary0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8661-3147Keele UniversityThe pandemic presented a uniquely unrestricted bonanza in many countries for opportunistic profitmaking at the public expense. In the United Kingdom, this took the form of collusion between senior political figures and business associates in purchasing medical supplies which, allied to the suspension of procurement governance, led to irregular, even fraudulent, contracting practices. Analyses of corruption often stress the combination of system abuses by officials and ill-functioning governance as factors in undermining public trust. Whilst these held true in the case of procurement corruption in the UK, this article focuses on the relationships between populism and de democratising trends aimed at disarming critical opposition to elite misappropriation and profiteering in the context of a crisis. Operating under the cover of emergency pandemic planning, the UK government presides over historical levels of state facilitated misappropriation while largely deflecting political accountability or sanction from those responsible.https://czasopisma.inp.pan.pl/index.php/ak/article/view/2289corruption networksmedical suppliesactivismcivil societypublic contractingpopulismsieć korupcyjnazaopatrzenie medyczneelityzamówienie publicznepopulizm |
| spellingShingle | Corcoran Mary Populism, scandal management and state-facilitated "covid-corruption" in the United Kingdom Archiwum Kryminologii corruption networks medical supplies activism civil society public contracting populism sieć korupcyjna zaopatrzenie medyczne elity zamówienie publiczne populizm |
| title | Populism, scandal management and state-facilitated "covid-corruption" in the United Kingdom |
| title_full | Populism, scandal management and state-facilitated "covid-corruption" in the United Kingdom |
| title_fullStr | Populism, scandal management and state-facilitated "covid-corruption" in the United Kingdom |
| title_full_unstemmed | Populism, scandal management and state-facilitated "covid-corruption" in the United Kingdom |
| title_short | Populism, scandal management and state-facilitated "covid-corruption" in the United Kingdom |
| title_sort | populism scandal management and state facilitated covid corruption in the united kingdom |
| topic | corruption networks medical supplies activism civil society public contracting populism sieć korupcyjna zaopatrzenie medyczne elity zamówienie publiczne populizm |
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