One of the dark sides to democratization can be crime and corruption. This book looks at the way political liberalization affects these practices in a number of ways whilst also challenging some of the scare stories about democracy. The book also brings the politics of power back into an examination of corruption.
Table of Content
Acknowledgements Introduction Democratization and the Decentralization of Crime and Corruption Democratization and Political Corruption: Bringing Politics Back In Learning to Live Without Fear: Organised Crime and Democratization Violent Democracies: Cycles of Crime, Politics and Violence Legacies of Violence: Murder and Violent Crime in El Salvador and Guatemala State Collapse, Democratization and Informal Power in Iraq Conclusion Bibliography Index
About the author
JON MORAN is Reader in Security at the University of Leicester, UK. His previous books include
Policing the Peace in Northern Ireland (Manchester University Press, 2008), and (edited with Mark Phythian)
Intelligence, Security and Policing Post-9/11 (Palgrave, 2008).
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