Dangerous liaisons : organized crime and political finance in Latin America and beyond / / Kevin Casas-Zamora, editor
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| Titolo: |
Dangerous liaisons : organized crime and political finance in Latin America and beyond / / Kevin Casas-Zamora, editor
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, DC : , : Brookings Institution Press, , [2013] |
| ©2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.1/323098 |
| 364.1323098 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Organized crime - Political aspects - Latin America |
| Organized crime - Latin America | |
| Political corruption - Latin America | |
| Organized crime - Political aspects - Italy | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
Casas ZamoraKevin
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 Ita |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Dangerous liaisons |
| ISBN: | 0-8157-2530-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910452890903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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