Ezequiel A. Gonzalez-Ocantos, Nara Pavao, Paula Munoz Chirinos, Viviana Baraybar Hidalgo

Prosecutors, Voters and the Criminalization of Corruption in Latin America

The Case of Lava Jato

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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

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2024
• ISBN-13: 9781009329804
• ISBN-10: 1009329804
• Artikelnr.: 70206565

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.