Political careers, corruption, and impunity : Panama's assembly, 1984-2009 / Carlos Guevara Mann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guevara Mann, Carlos.

Contributor:

Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies.

Series:

Recent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies

From the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Panama. Asamblea Legislativa.

Panama.

Legislative bodies--Panama--History.

Legislative bodies.

Legislators--Panama--History.

Legislators.

Political corruption--Panama.

Political corruption.

Representative government and representation--Panama.

Representative government and representation.

History.

Panama--Politics and government--1981-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xvii, 453 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, [2011]

Contents:

Political representation and representative assemblies

The party system: parties and actors in Panama's assembly

Formal institutional incentives to behavior

Informal institutions and assembly members' behavior

Political advancement through reelection: prospects and possibilities in Panama

Political advancement through reelection: the legal and illegal uses of patronage

Political advancement through reelection: party switching and electoral manipulation

Personal enrichment through legal means: assembly members' wages in comparative perspective

Personal enrichment through legal means: expanding emoluments and privileges

Personal enrichment through illegal means

Preserving immunity through reelection.

Notes:

"Recent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780268029838

0268029830

OCLC:

726819010