Political careers, corruption, and impunity
Subtitle: Panama's assembly, 1984-2009
By: Carlos Guevara Mann
Series: From the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Notre Dame, Ind
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780268029838
Subjects: Politics and government; Representative government and representation; Panama. Asamblea Legislativa; Legislators; Political corruption; Panama; Legislative bodies; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Political representation and representative assemblies; title: The party system: parties and actors in Panama's assembly; title: Formal institutional incentives to behavior; title: Informal institutions and assembly members' behavior; title: Political advancement through reelection: prospects and possibilities in Panama; title: Political advancement through reelection: the legal and illegal uses of patronage; title: Political advancement through reelection: party switching and electoral manipulation; title: Personal enrichment through legal means: assembly members' wages in comparative perspective; title: Personal enrichment through legal means: expanding emoluments and privileges; title: Personal enrichment through illegal means; title: Preserving immunity through reelection.