Corruption as Power
Criminal Governance in Peru during the Fujimori Era (1990-2000)
(Sprache: Englisch)
When Peruvians elected Alberto Kenji Fujimori to become the president he was the first leader not to derive from that country's traditional elite. Lacking a support base the new president forged a pact with the security forces setting up a so-called...
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When Peruvians elected Alberto Kenji Fujimori to become the president he was the first leader not to derive from that country's traditional elite. Lacking a support base the new president forged a pact with the security forces setting up a so-called directed democracy. The abuses of the Fujimori era (1990-2000) have been well-documented. This investigation of a crooked regime is a work of political criminology, the study of criminal governance, and of criminals in government.
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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. 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 between political, economic, and societal elites in Fujimori's Peru such as the military, political parties, multinational corporations, or conservative groups within the Catholic Church.
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Contents: Criminal Governance, Corruption and Power - A Spy Chief and his Video Collection - The Military: Partner in Crime - Pecunia ... Olet (But Not All that Shines is Gold) - Peru's Congress: A Stable of Augias? - Consent by Corruption: The Imagocratic Dictatorship - Conservative Catholicism, Human Rights and Democracy: Sad Tales from Peru - Geoeconomics or Human Rights?
Autoren-Porträt von Alfredo Schulte-Bockholt
Alfredo Schulte-Bockholt works at the Department of Criminology and Sociology at Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Canada. He teaches on state crime, and crime and corruption in developing societies, especially Latin America. Dr Schulte-Bockholt is a 'political criminologist' interested in the exploration of criminal power, while his academic efforts are largely informed by the works of Max Horkheimer.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Alfredo Schulte-Bockholt
- 2013, Neuausgabe, XVII, 318 Seiten, Maße: 14,8 x 21 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers
- ISBN-10: 3034306164
- ISBN-13: 9783034306164
- Erscheinungsdatum: 18.03.2013
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
«If one wants a comprehensive book that details the crimes of the Fujimori administration, one could ask for nothing more.» (Jeffrey Ian Ross, Critical Criminology 21, 2013/2)
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