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

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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Main Author: Schulte-Bockholt, Alfredo (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Bern Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften 2013
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505 8 0 |a Cover; Table of Contents; Preface - xi; Introduction - xi; Description of Chapters - xi; Acknowledgements - xv; Chapter 1: Foreword on Peru - 1; 1. Introduction - 1; 2. A Short History of Fujimori's Peru - 2; 3. Fujimori and Montesinos: The Fearsome Twosome - 5; 4. Montesinos and Fujimori: The Formative Years - 11; 5. Conclusion - 17; Chapter 2: Definitions and Theories of Corruption - 19; 1. Introduction - 19; 2. Defining Corruption - 22; 3. A Digression on Political Corruption - 32; 4. On Theories of Corruption - 34; 5. Observations on the Dark Side of Politics - 40 
505 8 0 |a 6. A Digression on State-Corporate Crime (and Criminology) - 507. Some Comments on Method - 53; Chapter 3: Criminal Governance, Corruption and Power - 59; 1. Introduction - 59; 2. Observations on Criminal Governance - 60; Para-police Forces - 62; Informal Urban Policing - 63; Urban Policing by Criminal Gangs - 63; Informal Policing in Rural Regions - 63; Private Security Companies - 64; Paramilitary Policing and Social Cleansing - 65; Rebel Forces - 66; 3. Toward Understanding State Crime - 67; 4. The Protection Racket: Toward a Model of Political Repression - 72 
505 8 0 |a 5. The Cardinal Players of the Fujimori Racket - 81The Servicio de Inteligencia Nacional (SIN) and the Military - 81; The Private Sector - 81; The Media - 82; The Catholic Church and Opus Dei - 82; Criminal Organizations - 83; 6. Conclusion - 83; Chapter 4: Controlling Society: The SIN and the Military - 85; 1. Introduction - 85; 2. Foreign Influences - 86; 3. The Green Plan - 91; 4. Analysis of a Coup - 92; 5. Montesinos' Death Squad: El Grupo Colina - 98; 6. A Short Digression on Population Politics - 102; 7. The Military Opposition - 103; 8. On Impunity - 106; 9. Conclusion - 108 
505 8 0 |a Chapter 5: Peru's Institutions: The Stables of Augias - 1091. Introduction - 109; 2. A Short History of Political Parties in Peru - 110; 3. The Congress as a Rubber Stamp - 116; 4. Transfuguismo - 118; 5. The Judiciary - 122; 6. Conclusion - 127; Chapter 6: Consent by Corruption: The Imagocratic Dictatorship - 129; 1. Introduction - 129; 2. Media Control and Propaganda - 132; 3. Television - 135; 4. The Prensa Chicha - 142; 5. The Media during the 2000 Election Campaign - 145; 6. Conclusion - 149; Chapter 7: Conservative Catholicism, Human Rights and Democracy: Sad Tales from Peru - 151 
505 8 0 |a 1. Introduction - 1512. The Origins and Organization of Opus Dei - 152; 3. Opus Dei, Secrecy, and Affinity to Authoritarian Regimes - 155; 4. Opus Dei and Liberation Theology: The Cold Warwithin the Catholic Church - 162; 5. Opus Dei in Peru: Tales from Monsignor Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, the Good Shepherd - 166; 6. Conclusion - 175; Chapter 8: The Military and the Many Uses of Drug Profits - 179; 1. Introduction - 179; 2. Drug War or Civil War? - 181; 3. Ronderos and the Drug Trade - 189; 4. The FARC Arms Deal - 191; 5. Conclusion - 193; Chapter 9: Geo-economics or Human Rights? - 197 
505 8 0 |a 1. Introduction - 197 
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