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Public Probity and Corruption in Chile (Paperback)
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Public Probity and Corruption in Chile (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Corruption and Anti-Corruption Studies
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In most Latin American countries, key officials and political
figures have been involved in big corruption scandals in the last
decade, leading to a rigorous academic debate on the possible
socio-economic, political and cultural factors responsible for
corrupt practices across the region. This book takes a different
approach by focusing on Chile, which shows the lowest levels of
corruption in the region. Instead of analysing notoriously bad
cases in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela, this book
explores the factors which have led to a relatively high degree of
public probity among power holders in Chile. Public Probity and
Corruption in Chile presents a long-term historical analysis
demonstrating that public probity in Chile has its roots in the
colonial period, and that public and state responses have
historically shown a low level of tolerance for public cases of
corruption. In particular, the author highlights the role played by
relative poverty and lack of resources, geographical remoteness,
the impact of the Arauco War against the Mapuche people, the
militarisation of both government and public administration, the
extreme oligarchic nature of the Chilean aristocracy, the early
consolidation of state institutions and the rule of law, high
levels of political stability and the role played by patriotism.
Studying an example of better practice in detail in this way
provides valuable insights into the factors and actors which can
help to prevent or to revert the phenomenon of public corruption in
the region more generally. As such, this book will be of interest
to researchers of corruption and public probity both in Chile and
further afield.
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