ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the construction process of the social problem of corruption in Poland. The concept of social problem is quite fluid, even in the case of corruption. Sociologists, economists, political scientists and philosophers are in constant dispute over the boundaries of this phenomenon. In the 1990s, some elements of constructivism were first combined with other social problem theories. The same reasons led to a general reluctance towards an official acknowledgement of social problems and the specific character of corruption a phenomenon that always directly refers to the centres of power. The construction of the social problem of corruption in Poland did not arise in accordance with the classical model of the natural history of social problems created by Malcolm Spector and John Kitsuse. International organizations put a lot of effort into changing the economic and political paradigms dominant at that time, according to which there was no need for any extraordinary anti-corruption methods.
