The Politics of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Latin America

ISBN-13: 9780367707682 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 304 str.

Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez

Opis

This book will be a key resource for researchers across political science, corruption studies, development, and Latin American Studies. It will also be valuable guide for policy makers and professionals in NGOs and international organizations working on anti-corruption advocacy and policy advice.

Spis treści

Part I: National commissions, agencies, and systems  1. Introduction: Locating anti-corruption agencies within the politics of anti-corruption in Latin America  2. Anti-Corruption Whack-a-Mole: Costa Rica’s de-centralized agencies and increasingly sophisticated corruption  3. Combating Corruption in Chile: The Presidential Advisory Commissions on Public Probity, 1994-2015  4. Promise, Invisibility, Politicization: The waving path of the Anti-Corruption Office in Argentina  5. The Politics of Building Anti-Corruption Institutions: The Case of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Peru  6. The Anti-Corruption Agency and Its Policy Role in Colombia: Improvement in Institutional Capacity or Political Symbolism?  7. Corruption control under fire: A brief history of Brazil’s Office of the Comptroller General  8. Mexico's National Anti-Corruption System  9. Dealing with the "original contradiction" in fighting corruption in countries with systemic corruption: A critique of the cases of Brazil and Mexico and their multiorganizational strategies  Part II: International missions and commissions  10. Unprecedented Success and Entrenched Opposition: The Complicated Legacy of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala  11. The Mission to Support the Fight Against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras (MACCIH) and its New Integrated Criminal Investigation Model 12. Ten Key Lessons from the OAS Mission in Support of the Fight against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras  13. The Role of the United Nations and the Organization of American States in Delegation of Governance Agreements: The Case of Hybrid Anticorruption Agencies in Central America  14. The Illusion of CICIES in El Salvador  15. Empty promises to fighting corruption in Ecuador: The failure of the International Experts Commission against Corruption in Ecuador (CEICCE)  16. Conclusion: The Anti-Corruption Agency Space in Latin America  Index

O autorze

Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez is specially appointed associate professor, School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Japan.