• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Putting Out the Fire of Anti-Corruption Demands: The Symbolic Adoption of a National Anti-Corruption Office in Peru, 2007-2008
  • Contributor: Pozsgai Alvarez, Joseph [Author]
  • Published: 2017
  • Language: English
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  • Keywords: Peru ; Korruption ; Verbrechensbekämpfung ; Effektivität ; anti-corruption agency
  • Description: Are national leaders really invested in curbing corruption in their countries? The present paper addresses the realpolitik basis of national anti-corruption measures by positing the persistence of a political cost-benefit analysis behind initiatives to curb public malfeasance, which leads to the adoption and implementation of mostly symbolic policies regardless of public discourse. The model is tested by reviewing in detail the adoption and political management of the Peruvian National Anti-Corruption Office between 2007 and 2008. The analysis confirms the theoretical expectations and provides ample evidence of the political instrumentalization of the anti-corruption agenda during the administration of President Alan García Pérez (2006-2011).
  • Footnote: Veröffentlichungsversion
    begutachtet (peer reviewed)
    In: European Quarterly of Political Attitudes and Mentalities ; 6 (2017) 3 ; 15-32
  • Access State: Open Access
  • Rights information: Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivs (CC BY-NC-ND)