Political Careers, Corruption, and Impunity : Panama's Assembly, 1984-2009 /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Guevara Mann, Carlos
Corporate Author: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2011.
Series:Recent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Panama. > Asamblea Legislativa.
Representative government and representation > Panama.
Political corruption > Panama.
Legislators > Panama > History.
Legislative bodies > Panama > History.
Panama > Politics and government > 1981-
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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