Descripción del proyecto
Una perspectiva histórica de la corrupción en Europa Central y Sudoriental
Durante siglos, Europa Central y Sudoriental ha luchado contra la lacra de la corrupción. Entre los años 1750 y 1850, políticos, investigadores y escritores pintaron un panorama sombrío de corrupción, nepotismo y soborno, todo ellos problemas endémicos. Estas acusaciones configuraron la identidad de la región, vinculando la corrupción al atraso cultural y al subdesarrollo económico. Esta percepción persistió durante años. Teniendo esto en cuenta, en el proyecto TransCorr, financiado por el Consejo Europeo de Investigación, se investigará cómo los líderes regionales readaptaron las prácticas tradicionales, tildándolas de corruptas al yuxtaponerlas a los ideales de modernidad de Europa Occidental. Se prevé que los resultados de esta investigación cambien la forma en la que se percibe el clientelismo, el soborno y la dinámica centro-periferia.
Objetivo
Politicians, scholars, and popular writers between 1750 and 1850 routinely characterized South-East-Central Europe as a corrupt political space. A wide range of foreign observers portrayed graft, nepotism, and bribery as endemic. Indigenous critics echoed many of these assessments. Regional insiders and outsiders alike mobilized commentaries on “corruption” for their own political, professional, and personal ends, claiming they could run more honest and efficient administrations, military regimes, and commercial operations than those in power. These notables linked “corruption” to the region's supposed cultural backwardness and economic under-development. In doing so, public figures naturalized notions of “corruption,” making it appear both widespread and organic in the region—popularizing tropes that have endured right down to the present. Yet, “corruption” is a historically specific concept. TransCorr seeks to construct a history of the idea of “corruption” in Central-South-East Europe in conjunction with the rise of modernity. It demonstrates how in the context of new ideas about modernity emanating from West Europe, regional leaders reframed a host of traditional customs and practices as corrupt. It examines how Great Power attempts to transform these borderlands into formal and informal imperial provinces further entrenched novel understandings of “corruption”, often pejoratively associating them with the Ottoman legacy. By tracing out this history, TransCorr reveals a genealogy of ideas, discourses, and attitudes that continue to inform analyses of and discussions within the region today. The project brings the study of this geographic area into greater dialogue with a global story of modernization and aligns the region’s historiography with new innovations in the scientific literature. It also reframes contemporary debates on patronage and graft, and reconfigures broader understandings of center-periphery relations within the region and across the continent.
Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS clasifica los proyectos con EuroSciVoc, una taxonomía plurilingüe de ámbitos científicos, mediante un proceso semiautomático basado en técnicas de procesamiento del lenguaje natural.
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Palabras clave
Programa(s)
- HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme
Régimen de financiación
HORIZON-ERC - HORIZON ERC GrantsInstitución de acogida
023971 Bucuresti
Rumanía