Corruption As Power: Criminal Governance in Peru During the Fujimori Era (1990-2000)

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This book deals with the political corruption which infested Peru during the Fujimori years (1990-2000). The work is not about petty corruption, the small bribe paid to the underpaid police officer to avoid being booked for a minor traffic violation, but addresses the corruption of the powerful. Eli...

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Autor principal: Schulte-Bockholt, Alfredo 1961- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Bern Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften 2013
En:Año: 2013
Acceso en línea: Inhaltstext (Verlag)
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Palabras clave:
Korruption
Autoritarismus
Peru
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Peru > Korruption > Nepotismus > Menschenrechtsverletzung > Geschichte 1990-2000
Parallel Edition:No electrónico
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Sumario:This book deals with the political corruption which infested Peru during the Fujimori years (1990-2000). The work is not about petty corruption, the small bribe paid to the underpaid police officer to avoid being booked for a minor traffic violation, but addresses the corruption of the powerful. Elites rely on corruption, and particularly in repressive regimes the practice is the most important tool of 'criminal governance'. The author utilizes the concept of the protection racket developed by Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno from the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory to explain the links b
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Descripción Física:Online-Ressource (338 p)
ISBN:9783034306164