Determinants of legislative corruption perception in Latin America (1990-2016)

Authors

  • Ana Belén Benito Sánchez Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Araceli Mateos Díaz Universidad de Salamanca

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/rep.192.08

Abstract

This work identifies changes and continuities in expert perceptions about legislative corruption in Latin America since democratic consolidation in 1990 to 2016. We use public opinion data from «Varieties of Democracy» project from Gothenburg University and Kellogg Institute, to explore the effect of partisan variables, and institutional variables, on the perception of legislative corruption in Latin America. Data shows that the lack of control by the legislative opposition and the ordinary courts, the commodification of electoral mobilization and the primacy of particularistic interests over the common good, are variables that increase the probability of perceiving parliamentary work as corrupt.

Published

2021-06-14

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