Ezequiel A. Gonzalez-Ocantos (University of Oxford), Paula Munoz Chirinos (Peru Universidad del Pacifico), Nara Pavao (Brazil Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)

Prosecutors, Voters and the Criminalization of Corruption in Latin America

The Case of Lava Jato

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Lava Jato, the largest transnational bribery case in history, shocked Latin American politics. This book explains why the investigation gained momentum in some countries, becoming an anti-corruption crusade. It examines public reactions, finding that prosecutors' unprecedented zeal eroded the tacit consensus around the merits of anti-corruption.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 668g
• ISBN-13: 9781009329842
• ISBN-10: 1009329847
• Artikelnr.: 66138184

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: anti-Corruption crusades
Part I. Causes: 2. The drivers of prosecutorial zeal: institutional change and three 'Moments' (with stories from Brazil, Italy and Beyond)
3. Lava Jato in Peru: taking on the political and judicial establishments
4. One crusade and two failed inquiries: Ecuador, Argentina and Mexico
Part II. Public: 5. Fighting corruption, curbing cynicism? Crusades, emotions and the future of politics
6. Of cockroaches and superheroes: Talking about Lava Jato in Brazil and Peru
7. Is prosecutorial zeal what partisans make of it? Survey evidence from Brazil
8. Prosecutorial Trade-Offs and the precarity of hope: Survey evidence from Peru
Part III. Conclusions: 9. Theoretical lessons and a normative assessment
Bibliography
Index.