The "clean hands" (mani pulite) inquiry on corruption and its effects on the italian political system
It offers a survey of the main effects of judicial inquiry on corruption in Italy (the achievements of the inquiry mani pulite are briefly offered, then focusing on the political consequences of the scandal in terms of delegitimization and consequent crisis of leading political figures, parties, an...
| Autor principal: | Vannucci, Alberto |
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| Tipo de documento: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | English |
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2017
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It offers a survey of the main effects of judicial inquiry on corruption in Italy (the
achievements of the inquiry mani pulite are briefly offered, then focusing on the political consequences of the scandal in terms of delegitimization and consequent crisis of leading political figures, parties, and the what did not work in political, institutional and societal mechanisms that should have provided a shelter against systemic corruption. Finally, the main long-term drawbacks of the judicial inquiry are analysed, e.g. the political career of the media tycoon Berlusconi, who was himself prosecuted for corruption crimes, with a dramatic increase of the institutional conflict between the political and the judicial power. |
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