"It’s the politics, stupid!": the politicization of anti-corruption in Italy

This article aims to analyze the relationship between judicial activism against political corruption and electoral accountability. The judiciary plays a pivotal role in enforcing anti-corruption legislation, and, in many countries, courts have moved closer and closer towards that kind of working. In...

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Main Author: Sberna, Salvatore 1982- (Author)
Contributors: Vannucci, Alberto
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
In: Crime, law and social change
Year: 2013, Volume: 60, Issue: 5, Pages: 565-593
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Accountability Mechanism
Corrupt Practice
Electoral Volatility
Party System
Political Corruption

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