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Political Institutions and Party-Directed Corruption in South America

Author : Daniel W. Gingerich
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107658217
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Political Institutions and Party-Directed Corruption in South America written by Daniel W. Gingerich and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important question for the health and longevity of democratic governance is how institutions may be fashioned to prevent electoral victors from drawing on the resources of the state to perpetuate themselves in power. This book addresses the issue by examining how the structure of electoral institutions - the rules of democratic contestation that determine the manner in which citizens choose their representatives - affects political corruption, defined as the abuse of state power or resources for campaign finance or party-building purposes. To this end, the book develops a novel theoretical framework that examines electoral institutions as a potential vehicle for political parties to exploit the state as a source of political finance. Hypotheses derived from this framework are assessed using an unprecedented public employees' survey conducted by the author in Bolivia, Brazil and Chile.

Corruption and Democracy in Latin America

Author : Charles H. Blake
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 0822973553
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Corruption and Democracy in Latin America written by Charles H. Blake and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2009-07-19 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Political Institutions and Party-Directed Corruption in South America

Author : Daniel W. Gingerich
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107040442
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Corruption & Politics in Latin America

Author : Stephen D. Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corruption & Politics in Latin America written by Stephen D. Morris and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Combating Corruption in Latin America

Author : Joseph S. Tulchin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Combating Corruption in Latin America written by Joseph S. Tulchin and published by . This book was released on 2000-08-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shihata, and Laurence Whitehead.

Routledge Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions

Author : Jennifer Gandhi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317551796
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions written by Jennifer Gandhi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-10 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions (HCPI) is designed to serve as a comprehensive reference guide to our accumulated knowledge and the cutting edge of scholarship about political institutions in the comparative context. It differs from existing handbooks in that it focuses squarely on institutions but also discusses how they intersect with the study of mass behaviour and explain important outcomes, drawing on the perspective of comparative politics. The Handbook is organized into three sections: The first section, consisting of six chapters, is organized around broad theoretical and empirical challenges affecting the study of institutions. It highlights the major issues that emerge among scholars defining, measuring, and analyzing institutions. The second section includes fifteen chapters, each of which handles a different substantive institution of importance in comparative politics. This section covers traditional topics, such as electoral rules and federalism, as well as less conventional but equally important areas, including authoritarian institutions, labor market institutions, and the military. Each chapter not only provides a summary of our current state of knowledge on the topic, but also advances claims that emphasise the research frontier on the topic and that should encourage greater investigation. The final section, encompassing seven chapters, examines the relationship between institutions and a variety of important outcomes, such as political violence, economic performance, and voting behavior. The idea is to consider what features of the political, sociological, and economic world we understand better because of the scholarly attention to institutions. Featuring contributions from leading researchers in the field from the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere, this Handbook will be of great interest to all students and scholars of political institutions, political behaviour and comparative politics. Jennifer Gandhi is Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Emory University. Rubén Ruiz-Rufino is Lecturer in International Politics, Department of Political Economy, King’s College London.

Timber Booms and Institutional Breakdown in Southeast Asia

Author : Michael L. Ross
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781139432115
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Timber Booms and Institutional Breakdown in Southeast Asia written by Michael L. Ross and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-08 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars have long studied how institutions emerge and become stable. But why do institutions sometimes break down? In this book, Michael L. Ross explores the breakdown of the institutions that govern natural resource exports in developing states. He shows that these institutions often break down when states receive positive trade shocks - unanticipated windfalls. Drawing on the theory of rent-seeking, he suggests that these institutions succumb to a problem he calls 'rent-seizing' - the predatory behavior of politicians who seek to supply rent to others, and who purposefully dismantle institutions that restrain them. Using case studies of timber booms in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, he shows how windfalls tend to trigger rent-seizing activities that may have disastrous consequences for state institutions, and for the government of natural resources. More generally, he shows how institutions can collapse when they have become endogenous to any rent-seeking process.

Parties, Political Finance, and Governance in Africa

Author : Rachel Sigman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009262807
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)

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Book Synopsis Parties, Political Finance, and Governance in Africa by : Rachel Sigman

Download or read book Parties, Political Finance, and Governance in Africa written by Rachel Sigman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-16 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major challenge for the advancement of democratic governance in Africa is the extraction of money by ruling parties from the state to fund their electoral campaigns and gain political advantage over opponents. Drawing upon in-depth case studies of Benin and Ghana, Rachel Sigman considers how, and with what consequences, party leaders control and access public funds to finance their political operations. Weaving together biographical data on government ministers, surveys of civil servants, elite interviews, and archival research, Sigman explains leaders' extraction strategies and connects these strategies to how politicians manage state personnel. In so doing, she challenges the perception of African states as uniformly weak and argues that effective government is possible even in contexts of widespread state politicization, corruption, and clientelism. Demonstrating the profound impact that extractive financing practices have on democratic institutions, Sigman illuminates and develops our understanding of “good governance” across the African continent.

Challenges of Party-Building in Latin America

Author : Steven Levitsky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108107923
Total Pages : 573 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Challenges of Party-Building in Latin America written by Steven Levitsky and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-13 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly four decades since the onset of the third wave, political parties remain weak in Latin America: parties have collapsed in much of the region, and most new party-building efforts have failed. Why do some new parties succeed while most fail? This book challenges the widespread belief that democracy and elections naturally give rise to strong parties and argues that successful party-building is more likely to occur under conditions of intense conflict than under routine democracy. Periods of revolution, civil war, populist mobilization, or authoritarian repression crystallize partisan attachments, create incentives for organization-building, and generate a 'higher cause' that attracts committed activists. Empirically rich chapters cover diverse cases from across Latin America, including both successful and failed cases.

A Research Agenda for New Institutional Economics

Author : Claude Ménard
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1788112512
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book A Research Agenda for New Institutional Economics written by Claude Ménard and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consisting of 30 concise chapters written by top scholars, this Research Agenda probes the knowledge frontiers of issues long at the forefront of New Institutional Economics (NIE), including government, contracts and property rights. It examines pressing research questions surrounding norms, culture, and beliefs. It is designed to inform and inspire students and those starting their careers in economics, law and political science. Well-established scholars will also find the book invaluable in updating their understanding of crucial research questions and seeking new areas to explore.

Prosecutors, Voters and The Criminalization of Corruption in Latin America

Author : Ezequiel A. Gonzalez-Ocantos
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009329847
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Prosecutors, Voters and The Criminalization of Corruption in Latin America written by Ezequiel A. Gonzalez-Ocantos and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-30 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies the largest foreign bribery case in history to identify the drivers, impact and dilemmas of resolute anti-corruption efforts.

The Oxford Handbook of the Quality of Government

Author : Andreas Bågenholm
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198858213
Total Pages : 881 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Quality of Government written by Andreas Bågenholm and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 881 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent research demonstrates that the quality of public institutions are crucial for a number of important environmental, social, economic, and political outcomes, and thereby human well-being. The Quality of Government (QoG) approach directs attention to issues such as impartiality in theexercise of public power, professionalism in public service delivery, effective measures against corruption, and meritocracy instead of patronage and nepotism in the hiring of public sector employees.This handbook offer a comprehensive, state of the art overview of this rapidly expanding research field and also identifies viable avenues for future research. The initial chapters focus on theoretical approaches and debates, and the central question of how QoG can be measured. The remainingchapters examine the wealth of empirical research on how QoG relates to democratization, social cohesion, ethnic diversity, human wellbeing, democratic accountability, economic growth, political legitimacy, environmental sustainability, gender quality, and the outbreak of civil conflicts. Thesechapters bring evidence to bear to examine, for example, questions of the effect of QoG on subjective well-being (i.e. happiness), social trust and inequality. A third set of chapters turns to the perennial issue of which contextual factors and policy approaches, both national, local andinternational, have proven successful (and not so successful) for increasing QoG.The Quality of Government approach both challenges and complements important strands of inquiry in the social sciences. For research about democratization, QoG adds the importance of taking state capacity into account. For economics, the QoG approach shows that in order to produce economicprosperity, markets need to be embedded in institutions with a certain set of qualities. For development studies, QoG emphasizes that issues about corruption are integral to understanding development writ large.

Elites, Institutions and the Quality of Government

Author : Carl Dahlström
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137556285
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Elites, Institutions and the Quality of Government written by Carl Dahlström and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To a large extent, elite politicians, bureaucrats, and businessmen hold the fortunes of their societies in their hands. This edited volume describes how formal and informal institutions affect elite behaviour, which in turn affects corruption and the quality of government.

Spending to Win

Author : Stephanie J. Rickard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108397158
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Spending to Win written by Stephanie J. Rickard and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governments in some democracies target economic policies, like industrial subsidies, to small groups at the expense of many. Why do some governments redistribute more narrowly than others? Their willingness to selectively target economic benefits, like subsidies to businesses, depends on the way politicians are elected and the geographic distribution of economic activities. Based on interviews with government ministers and bureaucrats, as well as parliamentary records, industry publications, local media coverage, and new quantitative data, Spending to Win: Political Institutions, Economic Geography, and Government Subsidies demonstrates that government policy-making can be explained by the combination of electoral institutions and economic geography. Specifically, it shows how institutions interact with economic geography to influence countries' economic policies and international economic relations. Identical institutions have wide-ranging effects depending on the context in which they operate. No single institution is a panacea for issues, such as income inequality, international economic conflict, or minority representation.

Gender and Representation in Latin America

Author : Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190851252
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Book Synopsis Gender and Representation in Latin America by : Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer

Download or read book Gender and Representation in Latin America written by Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-04 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past thirty years, women's representation and gender equality has developed unevenly in Latin America. Some countries have experienced large increases in gender equality in political offices, whereas others have not, and even within countries, some political arenas have become more gender equal whereas others continue to exude intense gender inequality. These patterns are inconsistent with explanations of social and cultural improvements in gender equality leading to improved gender equality in political office. Gender and Representation in Latin America argues instead that gender inequality in political representation in Latin America is rooted in institutions and the democratic challenges and political crises facing Latin American countries and that these challenges matter for the number of women and men elected to office, what they do once there, how much power they gain access to, and how their presence and actions influence democracy and society more broadly. The book draws upon the expertise of top scholars of women, gender, and political institutions in Latin America to analyze the institutional and contextual causes and consequences of women's representation in Latin America. It does this in part 1 with chapters that analyze gender and political representation regionwide in each of five different "arenas of representation"-the presidency, cabinets, national legislatures, political parties, and subnational governments. In part 2, it provides chapters that analyze gender and representation in each of seven different countries-Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia. The authors bring novel insights and impressive new data to their analyses, helping to make this one of the most comprehensive books on gender and political representation in Latin America today.

Trading Spaces

Author : Sonal S. Pandya
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107657911
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Trading Spaces written by Sonal S. Pandya and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first comprehensive study of foreign direct investment (FDI) liberalization. Political economy FDI research has long focused on how host-country politics influence the supply of FDI, or how firms choose to invest. By contrast, this book focuses on the politics of FDI demand: the sources of citizens' preferences for FDI inflows and countries' foreign ownership restrictions. Professor Sonal S. Pandya's theory of FDI regulation identifies how FDI redistributes income within host countries, raises local wages, and creates competition for local firms. Empirical tests also emphasize the central role of multinational cooperations' productive assets in shaping the politics of FDI. These tests feature an original dataset of annual country-industry foreign ownership regulations that spans more than one hundred countries during the period 1970–2000. This book highlights the economic and political foundations of global economic integration and supplies the tools to understand the growing economic conflicts between advanced economics and large emerging markets such as China and India.

Routledge Handbook of Brazilian Politics

Author : Barry Ames
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134848218
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Brazilian Politics written by Barry Ames and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-25 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from leading international scholars, this Handbook offers the most rigorous and up-to-date analyses of virtually every aspect of Brazilian politics, including inequality, environmental politics, foreign policy, economic policy making, social policy, and human rights. The Handbook is divided into three major sections: Part 1 focuses on mass behavior, while Part 2 moves to representation, and Part 3 treats political economy and policy. The Handbook proffers five chapters on mass politics, focusing on corruption, participation, gender, race, and religion; three chapters on civil society, assessing social movements, grass-roots participation, and lobbying; seven chapters focusing on money and campaigns, federalism, retrospective voting, partisanship, ideology, the political right, and negative partisanship; five chapters on coalitional presidentialism, participatory institutions, judicial politics, and the political character of the bureaucracy, and eight chapters on inequality, the environment, foreign policy, economic and industrial policy, social programs, and human rights. This Handbook is an essential resource for students, researchers, and all those looking to understand contemporary Brazilian politics.