Populist grammar, politicians and judges: a case study of political corruption in Brazil
Despite the attention Carwash Operation has received concerning the cases located in the jurisdiction of Paraná, the corrupt structure uncovered in the state of Rio de Janeiro remains understudied. The former governor Sérgio Cabral Filho, whose sentences of add up to roughly 300 years of imprisonm...
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| Format: | Chapter/Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Populism and corruption
Year: 2021, Pages: 129-152 |
| DOI: | 10.4337/9781839109676.00015 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781839109669/9781839109669.00015.xml Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839109676.00015 
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| Author Notes: | Elizangela Valarini and Maria Eugenia Trombini |
| Summary: | Despite the attention Carwash Operation has received concerning the cases located in the jurisdiction of Paraná, the corrupt structure uncovered in the state of Rio de Janeiro remains understudied. The former governor Sérgio Cabral Filho, whose sentences of add up to roughly 300 years of imprisonment, was accused of defrauding various bids and diverting millions of dollars from public budgets. Responding to the allegations, Mr. Cabral used popular support and accomplishments of his administration to justify common, yet illicit, practices. On base of this case study we are asking: What does a professional politician facing law-enforcement teach us about the interplay between corruption and populism? For the analysis, we will look at the defendant’s direct speech at interrogations combined with biographical information, previous electoral campaigns and newspaper articles. Our findings from a concrete episode of Brazil’s contemporary history provide insight on how populist narratives are strategically employed by a politician facing corruption charges and his contenders. The anticorruption moral crusade and an anti-establishment sentiment due to the scheme uncovered might explain the election of a former judge as his successor and the support for Jair Bolsonaro in Rio de Janeiro. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 05.12.2022 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 9781839109676 |
| DOI: | 10.4337/9781839109676.00015 |