Corruption in the Americas

Herausgeber: Kassab, Hanna Samir; Rosen, Jonathan D.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This edited collection analyzes trends of corruption in countries throughout the Americas. The contributors examine the main actors involved in corruption as well as the linkages between organized crime and state institutions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 265g
• ISBN-13: 9781793627230
• ISBN-10: 1793627231
• Artikelnr.: 64978728

Autorenporträt

Jonathan D. Rosen is assistant professor of criminal justice at Holy Family University. Hanna S. Kassab is teaching assistant professor at East Carolina University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: A Little Lower than the Angels: Problems of Corruption and
Obligation: A Conceptual Review
Bradford R. McGuinn
Chapter Two: Corruption, Violence, and State Fragility in Mexico: An
Examination of the Recent Challenges and Opportunities
Roberto Zepeda and Jonathan D. Rosen
Chapter Three: Guatemala, a Captured State
Adriana Beltrán
Chapter Four: Corruption in Colombia
Fernando Cepeda Ulloa
Chapter Five: Corruption in Peru in the Twenty-First Century: A Tsunami of
Scandals, A Tsunami of Prosecution
Cynthia McClintock
Chapter Six: "The Police are Involved in Everything": Corruption and the
Corrupt in Bolivia
Marten Brienen
Chapter Seven: Organized Crime and the State in Brazil
Michael Jerome Wolff