Political corruption in Mexico : the impact of democratization / Stephen D. Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, Stephen D., 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political corruption--Mexico.

Political corruption.

Democratization--Mexico.

Democratization.

Political culture--Mexico.

Political culture.

Mexico--Politics and government--2000-.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Has the fundamental shift in Mexico's political system away from single-party authoritarian rule had any impact on the pattern of corruption that has plagued the country for years? Is there less or more corruption today? Have different types of corruption emerged? If so, why? Stephen Morris addresses these questions, comprehensively exploring how the changes of the past decade--political, structural, institutional, and even cultural--have affected the scope, nature, and perception of political corruption in Mexico. More broadly, his analysis sheds new light on the impact of democratization on political corruption, the conditions that make effective reform possible, and the limits of an institutional approach to understanding the corruption equation.

Contents:

""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Preface""; ""1-Political Corruption and Change in Mexico""; ""The Broader Questions""; ""The Current Approach""; ""Analyzing Moving Targets""; ""Organization of the Study""; ""Notes""; ""2-The Impact of New Politics""; ""Avoiding Monoliths""; ""Mexican Democratization""; ""The Changing Nature of Elections and Corruption""; ""The Restructuring of the Mexican State""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""3-Changing State-Society Relations""; ""The Press""; ""Civil Society""; ""The Flip Side?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""

""4-Fox�s Anticorruption Reforms""""Continuity and Discontinuity: The Historical Context""; ""Prioritizing Corruption""; ""Policymaking and Coordination""; ""Objectives of the Anticorruption Program""; ""Reforms to the Criminal Justice System""; ""Assessments of Fox�s Anticorruption Reforms""; ""Anticorruption Under Calderon""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""5-Exploring Perceptions of Corruption""; ""Profiling Perceptions of Corruption and Change""; ""Expanding the Perception-Based Profile""; ""Determinants of Perceptions of Corruption and Change""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""

""6-Participation in Corruption""""Profiling Participation in Corruption and Change""; ""Participation and (or?) Perception""; ""Determinants of Participation in Corruption and Its Impact""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""7-Shifting Patterns of Corruption""; ""Disaggregating Perceptions of Corruption""; ""Media Reports of Corruption""; ""Participation in Corruption""; ""Participation Rates Among Businesses""; ""Complaints and Sanctions""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix""; ""Notes""; ""8-The Role of Culture?""; ""Corruption, Culture, and Theoretical Controversies""

""The Role of Culture in Prior Chapters""""Incorporating Culture into a Broader Narrative""; ""Mexican Political Culture and Corruption""; ""The Issue of Change""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""9-Conclusion""; ""The Impact of Democratization""; ""Conditions for Reforms""; ""The Role of Culture""; ""Notes""; ""Appendix A: Mexican Corruption in Comparative Perspective""; ""Perceptions of Corruption""; ""Participation Rates""; ""Related Measures: Governance Indicators""; ""Note""; ""Appendix B: Cases and Scandals""; ""Spillover Cases from the Prior Sexenio""; ""Campaign-Related Cases""

""Drug-Related Cases""""Judiciary-Related Cases""; ""Other Scandals""; ""Individual Cases""; ""Allegations and Investigations of President Fox""; ""Operación Limpieza""; ""Acronyms""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""About the Book""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62637-086-9

OCLC:

1334344154