From Corporate Corruption to Rentiership: Extending Box’s Power, Crime and Mystification

Bittle, Steven; Frauley, Jon

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“…Beyond Corruption in Public Procurement as Moments of Rupture. Mainstream discussions of corruption typically focus on neoclassical rational choice and legalistic definitions (Bittle & Frauley, 2023), narrowly depicting corruption as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain, often equating it with bribery. In this neoliberal-individualistic conceptualization, 'corruption scandals' become archetypical representations of public corruption, attributing corruption to individual moral failures, lax regulation, and weak oversight.…”

Section: Anticorruption Markets: Corruption and The Colonial Regime O...mentioning

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Anticorruption Markets: Law, Public Procurement, and the Colonial Regime of Permission in Puerto Rico

Atiles

2024

Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime

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This article explores how Puerto Rico’s anticorruption laws have spurred the development of a new market for public procurement. This market enables significant investments in platforms, websites, training and educational materials, and consulting services to aid compliance with anticorruption legislations. This has given rise to an emerging economic sector where consulting, law, and technology firms thrive. This article aims to elucidate how the Puerto Rican government’s commodification of anticorruption and anti-fraud interventions, and its outsourcing to consulting firms can be understood as part of a colonial regime of permission which normalized corruption and capital accumulation through wealth extraction. Through four examples of anticorruption public procurement – anticorruption legislation, post-Hurricane María recovery, and economic assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic – it demonstrates that wealth extraction is a key driver behind these anticorruption laws, ultimately creating an anticorruption market.

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Section: Anticorruption Markets: Corruption and The Colonial Regime O...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Anticorruption Markets: Law, Public Procurement, and the Colonial Regime of Permission in Puerto Rico

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2024

Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime

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From Corporate Corruption to Rentiership: Extending Box’s Power, Crime and Mystification

Cited by 1 publication

References 22 publications

Anticorruption Markets: Law, Public Procurement, and the Colonial Regime of Permission in Puerto Rico

Anticorruption Markets: Law, Public Procurement, and the Colonial Regime of Permission in Puerto Rico

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