Spiritual concepts in research of corruption subcultures (sociocultural approach)

Abstract

In article is disclosed the actual problem of scientific knowledge of the phenomenon of corruption. The goal of obtaining a new scientific knowledge in the field of socio-cultural knowledge of the phenomenon of corruption. One of the elements of corruption as a kind of culture are the corrupt subculture. Subculture author regards as a significant element of a society's culture, one of the indicators of its status and development, and corrupt subculture as an element of culture of corruption. Scientific contribution of the author is expressed: 1) to develop models for the formation of subcultures of corruption, allocation of its properties and functions;2) the development of a scientific approach to addressing corruption as a social and cultural phenomenon; 3) the author's approach to knowledge can be the basis for the development of new tools and methods to counter corruption