Corruption & democracy in Latin America / edited by Charles H. Blake & Stephen D. Morris.
Material type: TextSeries: Pitt Latin American seriesPublisher: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
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- 9780822973553 (e-book)
- Corruption and democracy in Latin America
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- JL959.5.C6 C67 2009eb
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-243) and index.
Introduction. Political and analytical challenges of corruption in Latin America / Stephen D. Morris and Charles H. Blake -- Pt. I. Causes and impacts of corruption in Latin America -- Democracy, economic policy, and political corruption in comparative perspective / Strom C. Thacker -- The crisis of the democratic state / Alfredo Rehren -- Corruption and democratic governability / John Bailey -- Why do corrupt governments maintain public support? / Luigi Manzetti and Carole J. Wilson -- Public attitudes toward corruption / Charles H. Blake -- Pt. II. National case studies of corruption -- Local accountability and the Peruvian Vaso de Leche program / José R. López-Cálix, Mitchell A. Seligson, and Lorena Alcázar -- Evaluating citizen attitudes about corruption in Chile / Adam Brinegar -- Corruption, accountability reforms, and democracy in Brazil / Matthew M. Taylor -- Corruption and democracy at the state level in Mexico / Stephen D. Morris -- Conclusion. Scholarly avenues and policy directions for the twenty-first century / Charles H. Blake and Stephen D. Morris.
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