03137nam 2200637 450 991082829880332120230803021715.00-8157-2530-2(CKB)2550000001118166(EBL)1400644(OCoLC)858861666(SSID)ssj0001000013(PQKBManifestationID)11581924(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001000013(PQKBWorkID)10963406(PQKB)11097705(MiAaPQ)EBC1400644(MdBmJHUP)muse27882(Au-PeEL)EBL1400644(CaPaEBR)ebr10763705(CaONFJC)MIL518506(EXLCZ)99255000000111816620130930h20132013 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDangerous liaisons organized crime and political finance in Latin America and beyond /Kevin Casas-Zamora, editorWashington, DC :Brookings Institution Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (271 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8157-2529-9 1-299-87255-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.On organized crime and political finance : why does the connection matter? / Kevin Casas-Zamora -- Argentina : two cases / Delia M. Ferreira Rubio -- Brazil : crime meets politics / Bruno Wilhelm Speck -- Colombia : coexistence, legal confrontation, and war with illegal armed groups / Mauricio Rubio -- Cost Rica : four decades of campaign finance scandals / Kevin Casas-Zamora -- Mexico : organized crime and elections / Leonardo Curzio -- Bulgaria : perception and reality / Daniel Smilov -- Italy : the Godfather's Party / Donatella della Porta and Alberto Vannucci.The relationship between criminal syndicates and politicians has a long history, including episodes even from the earliest years of America's colonies. But while organized crime may not get the headlines it once did in North America, the resurgence of such criminal activity in Latin America, and in some European nations, has grabbed the public's attention.In Dangerous Liaisons noted scholars describe and analyze the role of organized crime in the financing of politics in selected democracies in Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico) and in Europe (Bulgaria and ItaOrganized crimePolitical aspectsLatin AmericaOrganized crimeLatin AmericaPolitical corruptionLatin AmericaOrganized crimePolitical aspectsItalyOrganized crimePolitical aspectsOrganized crimePolitical corruptionOrganized crimePolitical aspects364.1/323098364.1323098Casas Zamora Kevin1678648MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828298803321Dangerous liaisons4046442UNINA