askchapo

I'd strongly recommend reading State and Revolution. In it, though not exhaustive measures, Lenin talks about two pretty strong systems: Instant recall democracy, and the ability of everyone to be a 'bureaucrat'.

The former is pretty straight forward, when elected officials are clearly acting fucky, people should have the ability to prompt an immediate recall election.

The second is a bit more revolutionary and fundamental, the idea was that a big reason officials are corrupt is because they end up in this weird "elite" bureaucrat class, where you can only replace them with people of a very limited education or background. His thrust was to 'democratise' qualifications, basically ensuring that huge swathes of the population have easy access to any necessary education, and to ensure that high-ranking state official positions are frequently rotated out.

The end result is that you have a lot more "average joe"s in more powerful positions, who are proficient but not part of existing corrupt networks or cultures, and are a constant breath of fresh air. Trust in the position is then built because state positions have a high participation from citizens across differing parts of society, rather than forming their own corrupt clique.