Guevara Mann, Carlos.

Political Careers, Corruption, and Impunity Panama's Assembly, 1984-2009 / [Recurso electrónico] : Carlos Guevara Mann. - Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xvii, 453 p. ) - From the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies . - Recent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Book collections on Project MUSE. .

"Recent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Libro Electrónico

9780268080679 0268080674




Panama. Asamblea Legislativa.


Representative government and representation--Panama.
Political corruption--Panama.
Legislators--History.--Panama
Legislative bodies--History.--Panama


Panama--Politics and government--1981-


Electronic books.

JL1653 / .G84 2011

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