01574     2200217   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020002200097041000800119082001100127084001700138100002400155245012200179250001100301260005100312300003700363520090400400990002601304990002601330INLIS00000000000961420221111015258  a0010-0520009614221111                |          | eng    a978-1-107-65609-3  aind  a368.40  a368.40 GIN p0 aGingerich, Daniel W1 aPolitical Institutions and Party-Directed Corruption in South America :bStealing for The Team /cDaniel W. Gingerich  aCet. 2  aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2015  axviii, 282 p. :billus. ;c24 cm  aAn important question for the health and longevity of democratic governance is how institutions may be fashioned to prevent electoral victors from drawing on the resources of the state to perpetuate themselves in power. This book addresses the issue by examining how the structure of electoral institutions - the rules of democratic contestation that determine the manner in which citizens choose their representatives - affects political corruption, defined as the abuse of state power or resources for campaign finance or party-building purposes. To this end, the book develops a novel theoretical framework that examines electoral institutions as a potential vehicle for political parties to exploit the state as a source of political finance. Hypotheses derived from this framework are assessed using an unprecedented public employees survey conducted by the author in Bolivia, Brazil and Chile.  a26490/MKRI-P/XII-2018  a26490/MKRI-P/XII-2018