Disaggregating corruption: A comparison of participation and perceptions in Latin America with a focus on Mexico1

Bulletin of Latin American Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 388-409

  Morris, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Empirical studies on corruption; Mexico; Participation in corruption; Perceptions of corruption

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRUPTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; SURVEY;

EID: 45849107949     PISSN: 02613050     EISSN: 14709856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-9856.2008.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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