Corruption has blurred, and in some cases blinded, the vision of
democracy in many Latin American nations. Weakened institutions and
policies have facilitated the rise of corrupt leadership, election
fraud, bribery, and clientelism. "Corruption and Democracy in Latin
America" presents a groundbreaking national and regional study that
provides policy analysis and prescription through a wide-ranging
methodological, empirical, and theoretical survey.
The contributors offer analysis of key topics, including:
factors that differentiate Latin American corruption from that of
other regions; the relationship of public policy to corruption in
regional perspective; patterns and types of corruption; public
opinion and its impact; and corruption's critical links to
democracy and governance.
Additional chapters present case studies on specific instances
of corruption: diverted funds from a social program in Peru;
Chilean citizens' attitudes toward corruption; the effects of
interparty competition on vote buying in local Brazilian elections;
and the determinants of state-level corruption in Mexico under
Vicente Fox.
The volume concludes with a comparison of the lessons drawn from
these essays to the evolution of anticorruption policy in Latin
America over the past two decades. It also applies these lessons to
the broader study of corruption globally to provide a framework for
future research in this crucial area.
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