Towards new rules for political transparency

Schorr, Bettina

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“…The cases triggered an ample political, social, and academic debate and initiated a process of institutional reform in anti-corruption matters promoted by a strong coalition of civil and political activism (Schorr, 2021;Arís, Engel & Jaraquemada, 2019;Fuentes, 2018;Sahd & Valenzuela, 2018). President Bachelet created a Presidential Advisory Commission in charge of drafting a reform proposal for improving anti-corruption governance, which was subsequently implemented (at least partly, Silva, 2022).…”

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Political elites, agency discretion and anti-corruption governance in Chile

Schorr,

Carrasco,

Moya

2024

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Between 2015 and 2018, Chile experienced several political corruption scandals that implicated the country’s political elite across the party spectrum. However, the outcomes of the ensuing judicial investigations have faced wide-spread criticism for being unsatisfactory, failing to set legal precedence, and weakening Chile’s anti-corruption governance. This article addresses the gap between Chile’s strong structural and formal conditions and the limited legal consequences faced by politicians involved in corruption. It examines the factors that allowed most politicians and their allies to avoid significant legal penalties. Drawing on different literatures related to professional politicians and political elites, institutional weakness, and agency discretion, the article analyses four prominent political corruption cases. We argue that favourable appointments of sympathetic executives allowed the Chilean political elite to exert control over the discretionary powers of state agencies involved in the legal processes. The article relies on a press review, secondary literature, and expert interviews. Resumen: Elites políticas, discrecionalidad de agencias y gobernanza anticorrupción en Chile Entre 2015 y 2018, Chile experimentó varios escándalos de corrupción política que implicaron a la élite política de todos los partidos. Sin embargo, los resultados de las investigaciones judiciales subsiguientes han sido objeto de críticas generalizadas por ser insatisfactorios, no sentar precedentes legales y debilitar la gobernanza anticorrupción de Chile. Este artículo aborda la brecha entre las sólidas condiciones estructurales y formales de Chile y las limitadas consecuencias legales a las que se enfrentan los políticos implicados en casos de corrupción. Examina los factores que permitieron a la mayoría de los políticos y sus aliados evitar sanciones legales significativas. Basándose en diferentes literaturas relacionadas con los políticos profe-sionales y las élites políticas, la debilidad institucional y la discrecionalidad de la agencia, el artículo analiza cuatro destacados casos de corrupción política. Argumentamos que los nombramientos favorables de ejecutivos simpatizantes permitieron a la élite política chilena ejercer control sobre los poderes discrecionales de las agencias estatales involucradas en los procesos legales. El artículo se basa en una revisión de prensa, literatura secundaria y entrevistas a expertos.

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Section: Corruption Scandals Elites and Management Of Agencies' Discr...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Political elites, agency discretion and anti-corruption governance in Chile

Schorr,

Carrasco,

Moya

2024

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State capacity for green growth: Analyzing industrial policy in the Latin American lithium triangle

Carrasco

2024

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This research aims to explain the various policy failures observed in lithium policies across Latin America, demonstrating how the industrial development of mining activities ultimately depends on existing state capacities. The research conducts a detailed analysis of lithium policy in Chile, with Argentina and Bolivia serving as comparative cases, thereby increasing the validity of the results. The study utilizes a qualitative methodology that includes 31 interviews with key actors, a systematic review of the press, analysis of government documents, and non-participant observation of lithium forums. The findings highlight how different deficits in state capacity have varying impacts on the types of policy failures present in lithium policies. The analysis proposes various types of state capacity deficits and their link to policy failures, advancing the discussion of green industrial policies from a peripheral perspective.

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Towards new rules for political transparency

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Political elites, agency discretion and anti-corruption governance in Chile

Political elites, agency discretion and anti-corruption governance in Chile

State capacity for green growth: Analyzing industrial policy in the Latin American lithium triangle

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