Associated Name: Morris, Stephen D., 1957-
Associated Name: Blake, Charles H., 1962-
Publication year: 2010.
Language: English
Call Number JL959.5.C6 C67 2010
Media class: Book
Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN: 9781588267436 1588267431 9781588267184 1588267180
Extent: viii, 286 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Description: This text provides a comparative look at corruption within Latin America. Through case study topics, the levels of corruption, how democratic rule is affected, how it contributes to poverty and inequality, and the level of citizen reaction are all discussed. The authors also seek to provide the basic tools needed to understand this emerging subfield and to incorporate a basic knowledge of corruption into a broader understanding of Lain American politics.
Corruption and politics in Latin America / Stephen D. Morris and Charles H. Blake -- Argentina : the dawn of a new era or business as usual? / Charles H. Blake and Sara Lunsford Kohen -- Bolivia : traditional parties, the State, and the toll of corruption / Daniel W. Gingerich -- Brazil : corruption as harmless Jeitinho or threat to Democracy? / Matthew M. Taylor -- Cuba : corruption at a crossroads / Sergio Diaz-Briquets and Jorge Pérez-López -- Mexico : corruption and change / Stephen D. Morris -- Venezuela : corruption in a petrostate / Leslie C. Gates -- The anticorruption agenda in Latin America : National and international developments / Florencia Guerzovich and Roberto de Michele -- Are the politics of corruption changing? / Charles H. Blake and Stephen D. Morris