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Author Chayes, Sarah, author

Title Fighting the hydra : lessons from worldwide protests against corruption / Sarah Chayes
Published Washington, DC : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2018
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Description 1 online resource (45 pages)
Contents About the author -- Summary -- Introduction -- The triggers -- The protesters -- The demands -- The strategy -- The allies -- The outcomes -- The countermoves -- The takeaways
Summary In the past half decade, a succession of uprisings against corruption has broken out worldwide. The frequency and significance of these events forces the question: What is going on? And does this international phenomenon hold lessons for others beset with systemic political corruption, not least in the United States? A look at countries as diverse in culture and political history as Brazil, Burkina Faso, Guatemala, Lebanon, Romania, South Africa, and South Korea suggests that it does
Notes "April 2018"--Cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 35-44)
Notes Online resource; title from PDF cover page (CEIP, viewed May 25, 2018)
Subject Political corruption.
Protest movements.
Political corruption.
Protest movements.
Form Electronic book
Author Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, publisher.
Other Titles Lessons from worldwide protests against corruption