Suchergebnisse

La evidencia empírica tradicional ha señalado que las personas de más edad tienen actitudes más refractarias a participar en el ámbito político y social. Sin embargo, es un área de investigación todavía inconclusa, debido a la imposibilidad metodológica que provoca no poder atender simultáneamente los efectos conjuntos de la edad, la generación política de pertenencia y el periodo considerado. Este trabajo sortea esta problemática tratando la edad no como variable continua, sino agrupada y utilizando cinco muestras cuasilongitudinales provenientes de la Encuesta Mundial y de la Encuesta Europea de Valores y del Banco de Datos del CIS, abarcando un periodo de casi treinta años. Los resultados revelan que, cuando se controlan simultáneamente así estos efectos, el ciclo vital no resulta un factor explicativo de las actitudes hacia la participación ciudadana.

Purpose
Iraqi society has suffered from loss or fragility of human security since 2003. The developmental policies, programs and plans of the successive Iraqi Governments throughout the transitional period have not been able to achieve human security, despite the availability of different resources. They have also not prevented or limited the spread of corruption, according to domestic and international reports. Now the country faces a large phenomenon of corruption and the dilemma of human security loss. This study aims to ascertain the nature of the relationship between the phenomenon of corruption and the dilemma of loss or fragility of human security in Iraq since 2003 to learn about the form of this relationship, how the selected variables contribute to the two phenomena and determine the degree of impact of corruption and its dimensions on human security and its components.


Design/methodology/approach
This research uses the social survey methodology of the sample taken from the Iraqi society and benefits from system analysis approach to identify the inputs and outputs of the variables researched. Moreover, the study uses the case study methodology to collect data and information precisely in an in-depth manner to support qualitative and quantitative analysis and clarifies the situation at the macro level of both phenomena.


Findings
Findings show the prevalence of corruption structurally in the Iraqi state and society. The contribution of dimensions and selected indicators in the spread of corruption and lack of human security varies. Findings also underline a strong statistical correlation between the two variables and their reverse relationship. In other words, the more the corruption is, the less the opportunities of human security are. There is also a strong impact of corruption and its dimensions on the conditions of human security factors.


Practical implications
The paper provides profitable findings and recommendations, which can be used by the Iraqi relevant institutions to eliminate corruption, achieve human security and benefit from its indicators in research and development.


Originality/value
The new addition of this research can be represented by linking the two phenomena and trying to build national standards with the capacity to describe, interpret and predict.

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