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“We are the champions – of the world!” This line from a chart-topping rock ballad could have come from Mette Frisk Jensen, corruption expert at Aarhus University. A constitutional monarchy with a queen of its own, Denmark has long been among the world’s top-five least corrupt countries. Fortunately, kickbacks and pay-offs are not dissolving its social glue, which is more than a lucky blend of trust and democracy. But people might not expect to find Denmark’s way to the top paved by absolute monarchs, wars with Sweden, and even national bankruptcy.
Korruption på kinesisk er en del af udviklingen af serien Nordic Welfare. I serien stiller danske forskere fra universiteter og andre forskningsmiljøer skarpt på nordens historie, kultur og værdier. Hver titel i serien fokuserer på et enkelt grundtræk i velfærdssamfundet og giver et indblik i nordens unikke samfundsopbygning.
Vi er best i verden! Vi er best i verden!. Sådan lyder en norsk fodboldkommentators jubelråb, men det kunne også være en nøgtern konstatering fra Aarhus Universitets ekspert i smørelse, Mette Frisk Jensen. Danmark topper nemlig listen over de mindst korrupte lande i verden. Returkommissioner og penge under bordet ødelægger heldigvis ikke sammenhængskraften i vores samfund. Men den danske opskrift på succes er ikke bare tillid og demokrati. Hvis resten af verden vil gøre os rangen stridig, går vejen til toppen over enevældige konger, svenskerkrige og en enkelt statsbankerot.
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