1st Edition

Corruption and the Lava Jato Scandal in Latin America

Edited By Paul F Lagunes, Jan Svejnar Copyright 2020
268 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

268 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

268 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Corruption and the Lava Jato Scandal in Latin America brings together key international and interdisciplinary perspectives to shine new light on Lava Jato, or Operation Car Wash, Latin America’s largest corruption scandal to date. Since 2014, this scandal has unfolded in surprising ways to expose collusion between construction companies and state officials in Brazil and 11 other countries. The... Read more

PART 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO LAVA JATO  1. Introduction by Paul Lagunes & Jan Svejnar  2. Lava Jato in Perspective by Albert Fishlow  3. Competing to be Corrupt: The Multinational Dynamics of Public Procurement Bribery in Latin America by Connor Wahrman  PART 2. BRAZIL’S EXPERIENCE WITH LAVA JATO  4. Urban Planning Legacies and Corruption: Evidence from the Rio Olympic Games and Lava Jato by Márcia R. G. Sanzovo & Karla Y. Ganley  5. Captured Media? Examining Brazilian Coverage of Lava Jato by Daniela Campello, Anya Schiffrin, Karine Belarmino & Debora Thome  6. Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant: Investigative Journalism in the Age of Lava Jato by Beatriz Bulla & Cortney Newell  7. Lava Jato and Brazil’s Web of Accountability: A Turning Point for Corruption Control? by Ana Luiza Aranha  8. An Interview with Deltan Dallagnol by Paul Lagunes  9. An Interview with Sergio Moro by Paul Lagunes  PART 3. LAVA JATO BEYOND BRAZIL  10. Comparing Peru and Mexico in the Lava Jato Corruption Scandal by Raquel de Mattos Pimenta & Catherine Greene  11. Fighting Corruption in a Hostile Environment: Peru’s Lava Jato Special Prosecution Team by Denisse Rodriguez-Olivari  PART 4. WHERE TO FROM HERE?  12. An Interview with Glenn Greenwald by Karla Y. Ganley & Paul Lagunes  13. Corruption in Brazil: Beyond the Criminal Law by Susan Rose-Ackerman & Raquel de Mattos Pimenta  14. How Should Lava Jato End? by Jessie W. Bullock & Matthew C. Stephenson  15. Lava Jato’s Lessons, Leaks, and Lasting Impacts by Karla Y. Ganley and Paul Lagunes

Biography

Paul Lagunes is an Associate Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, USA.

Jan Svejnar is the James T. Shotwell Professor of Global Political Economy and Director of the Center on Global Economic Governance at Columbia University, USA.