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Putting Out the Fire of Anti-Corruption Demands: The Symbolic Adoption of a National Anti-Corruption Office in Peru, 2007-2008
POZSGAI ALVAREZ, Joseph
Corruption
anti-corruption agency
Peru
national politics
coping mechanisms
Are national leaders really invested in curbing corruption in their countries? The present paper addresses the realpolitik basis of national anti-corruption measures by positing the persistence of a political cost-benefit analysis behind initiatives to curb public malfeasance, which leads to the adoption and implementation of mostly symbolic policies regardless of public discourse. The model is tested by reviewing in detail the adoption and political management of the Peruvian National Anti-Corruption Office between 2007 and 2008. The analysis confirms the theoretical expectations and provides ample evidence of the political instrumentalization of the anti-corruption agenda during the administration of President Alan García Pérez (2006-2011).
journal article
European Research Group on Political Attitudes and Mentalities (EPAM)
2017-07
application/pdf
European Quarterly of Political Attitudes and Mentalities
3
6
15
32
2285–4916
https://tsukuba.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/43390/files/EQPAM_6(3)_15.pdf
eng