Korruption und Netzwerke : Konfusionen im Schema von Organisation und Gesellschaft

This paper discusses corruption and networks within the realm of a social theory of society. This perspective makes visible that corruption can be described as a case of functional differentiation collapse on the level of organization and network. What we observe as corruption is a connection of different horizons of meaning of social communication. The same counts to social networks. Networks emerge from the reflexive combination of addresses and they connect different contexts of meaning as well. With uncovering this structural affinity of corruption and network. the paper works out a suggestion at which a sociological description of corruption as a network phenomenon can start.