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Correlation Between Populism and Political Corruption: The Continuous Rise of Populism and How Populist Ways of Governance Lead to Persistent Political Corruption in The United States and Other Countries.Kyung H Ashcraft
Correlation Between Populism and Political Corruption: The Continuous Rise of Populism and How Populist Ways of Governance Lead to Persistent Political Corruption in The United States and other Countries.
Based on the populist theoretical framework, a common aspect of the political landscape is the corrupt, few, and the honest majority. The political system was structured in a dualistic manner between the elite and people. The foundation also is on widespread mistrust of the leaders or elites. The differences force those in power to use state resources to protect their power by distributing favors through corrupt means. Populist leaders tend to focus on enriching themselves and marginalizing some of the majority. Populists have a particular goal with the elections. They use them as a tool to reveal the fraudulent majority that already exists in populist leaders' minds in the country and that the leader helps to push them to the surface and make them victorious. In this paper, I will argue that populist leaders in the United States and other countries tend to use state resources and the power given to them by the citizens to promote selfish interest; hence, enriching themselves and favoring close friends and family, and marginalizing some of the majority. The majority's marginalization comes from the existence of a powerful male minority who have long claimed to speak for the people of the United States. In reality, the privileged minority are usually deeply out of contact with an increasingly multicultural society with diverse culture and choices.[Urbinati, Nadia. "Political theory of populism." Annual Review of Political Science 22 (2019): 1-13.] [Ibid., 5.]
After the cold war, a new perspective of contemporary governance, known as populism, became more popular. The rise of populism in the United States has influenced most policies, including anti-immigration policies and border controls. Starting from the early 1980s, the link between the rise in populism and political corruption has been extensively researched and widely discussed in the literature. The rise in populism has directly led to an increase in political corruption in the United States. The fight against corruption has been low. Corruption has mainly led to wrangles between political elites and populist leaders.[Ibid., 6] [Ibid., 3] [Ibid., 5]
The concept of populism involves multiple dimensions. Moreover, the concepts of populism have changed over time, and the applications of the term are diverse depending on the country. Also, the actions that constitute political corruption vary depending on the nation or authority. In some instances, government representatives have ill-defined authority, making it impossible to differentiate between legitimate and illegal acts. Certain campaign funding activities that are legitimate in one place could be unlawful in another. To this effect, specific ideologies, organizational structures, and populist movement strategies do not conform to a single pattern or form. Definitely, what differentiates populist regim...