Desde los ultimos anos del siglo pasado las discusiones relativas a la comprension de la corrupcion y de la democracia politicas han tenido un gran auge debido al impulso de los procesos de democratizacion y los escandalos referidos al mal manejo de los recursos estatales. Sin embargo, los estudios orientados a establecer las conexiones entre estos dos fenomenos no han llegado a conclusiones que permitan establecer una tendencia clara. En este documento, a partir de una breve mencion de dichos analisis y a una sucinta revision historica, se adoptan dos grupos de tipos ideales que sirvan de orientacion conceptual a una futura investigacion empirica que permita establecer vinculos y tendencias entre las formas de percibir estos fenomenos por parte de los actores politicos en una situacion historica concreta.Since last years of the 20th century debates about the understanding of political corruption and democracy have been increased because of the support received by the processes of democratization, and political scandals concerning mismanagement of resources of the State. However, the researchers who have been studying these two phenomena have not been established clear tendencies about its relations. After a brief resume of the history of the way democracy and corruption have been interpreted, I adopt one foreign model to understand political democracy, and describe other about political corruption based on ideal types methodology. I suggest these types are helpful to determine in a more explicit way relations about ways people understand corruption and democracy.