Public Probity and Corruption in Chile

List of contents

Introduction 1. Public Probity in Colonial Chile: War, Poverty, Nobility and Creole Patriotism, 1541-1810 2. Public Probity in Republican Chile: Civil Virtue under the Oligarchic Order, 1810-1920 3. Public Probity and State Modernisation under the Mesocratic Order, 1920-1973 4. Public Probity under Stress, 1973-2018 Conclusion

About the author

Patricio Silva is Full Professor of Modern Latin American history at the Department of Latin American Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Summary

Instead of analysing notoriously bad cases of corruption, which is a big issue among many Latin American countries, this book looks at Chile, which shows the region's lowest levels of corruption. The book will interest researchers of corruption and public probity both in Chile and further afield.

Product details

• Authors: Patricio Silva, Silva Patricio
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367728724
• ISBN: 978-0-367-72872-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Routledge Corruption and Anti-Corruption Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Chile, Ethnic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Politics & government, Social and cultural history, Politics and government, Development Studies, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Hispanic & Latino Studies