Crime and Corruption in New Democracies

The Politics of (In)Security
2011. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-230-23741-4
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 233 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 458 g

One of the dark sides to democratization can be crime and corruption. This book looks at the way political liberalization affects these practices in a number of ways whilst also challenging some of the scare stories about democracy. The book also brings the politics of power back into an examination of corruption.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moran, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements  Introduction  Democratization and the Decentralization of Crime and Corruption  Democratization and Political Corruption: Bringing Politics Back In  Learning to Live Without Fear: Organised Crime and Democratization  Violent Democracies: Cycles of Crime, Politics and Violence    Legacies of Violence: Murder and Violent Crime in El Salvador and Guatemala  State Collapse, Democratization and Informal Power in Iraq Conclusion Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

JON MORAN is Reader in Security at the University of Leicester, UK. His previous books include nd (Manchester University Press, 2008), and (edited with Mark Phythian) (Palgrave, 2008).