Dangerous liaisons
Subtitle: organized crime and political finance in Latin America and beyond
By: Kevin Casas-Zamora, editor
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780815725299
Subjects: Organized crime; Political corruption
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: On organized crime and political finance : why does the connection matter? / Kevin Casas-Zamora; title: Argentina : two cases / Delia M. Ferreira Rubio; title: Brazil : crime meets politics / Bruno Wilhelm Speck; title: Colombia : coexistence, legal confrontation, and war with illegal armed groups / Mauricio Rubio; title: Cost Rica : four decades of campaign finance scandals / Kevin Casas-Zamora; title: Mexico : organized crime and elections / Leonardo Curzio; title: Bulgaria : perception and reality / Daniel Smilov; title: Italy : the Godfather's Party / Donatella della Porta and Alberto Vannucci.