02594nam a2200445 i 4500 9917807097504201 BJBSDDR 20231017162240.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 040723s2013 dcu 001 0 eng|d 9780815725299 0815725299 (CaONFJC)MIL518506 (EXLCZ)992550000001118166 MiAaPQ eng rda pn MiAaPQ MiAaPQ eng cl----- HV 6453 D182 2013 364.1/323098 Dangerous liaisons : organized crime and political finance in Latin America and beyond / Kevin Casas-Zamora, editor. Washington, DC : Brookings Institution Press, 2013. vii, 259 pages ; 23 cm. text txt computer c online resource cr Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. 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 English Description based on print version record. Crimen organizado 6722 América Latina Crimen organizado Aspectos políticos 32645 América Latina Corrupción política 5367 Corrupción 5027 Electronic books. Casas Zamora, Kevin Roberto, 1968- 30962 editor of compilation BOOK lcc BK 119835 119835 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-07-04 0 HV 6453 D182 2013 00000171129 2023-07-04 00:00:00 1 2023-07-04 BK