女巫狩猎吗?阿根廷的选举周期和腐败诉讼

IF 4.6 1区社会学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE

British Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2023-11-08 DOI:10.1017/s000712342300042x

Germán Feierherd, Ezequiel Gonzalez-Ocantos, Guadalupe Tuñón

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摘要

起诉腐败的法院具有重要的横向问责功能，但在选民可以制裁腐败候选人的纵向问责时刻，法院也可以发挥作用。本文记录了腐败诉讼的战略用途，展示了在对政治家提出新的腐败指控时存在的选举周期。我们利用2013年至2021年期间向联邦法院提交的针对阿根廷主要政治联盟成员的日常腐败投诉的原始数据集，记录了在选举之前的一段时间内，针对政客和政客的腐败指控有所增加。第二组数据显示，两家主要报纸对腐败指控的每日媒体报道表明，腐败在选举前更为突出，这为政客们提供了一个暂时的焦点，可以准备和发起特别有影响力的诉讼。我们的研究结果为在拉丁美洲利用法院进行问责和关于所谓“法律战”的辩论提供了新的思路。

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Witch Hunts? Electoral Cycles and Corruption Lawsuits in Argentina

Abstract Courts prosecuting corruption serve a critical horizontal accountability function, but they can also play a role in moments of vertical accountability when voters can sanction corrupt candidates. This article documents the strategic use of corruption lawsuits, demonstrating the presence of an electoral cycle in filing new corruption accusations against politicians. Using an original dataset of daily corruption complaints filed in federal courts against members of Argentina's main political coalitions between 2013 and 2021, we document increased corruption accusations against and by politicians in the periods immediately preceding an election. A second dataset of daily media coverage of corruption accusations in two leading newspapers suggests that corruption is more salient before elections, offering politicians a temporal focal point to prepare and launch especially impactful lawsuits. Our findings shed new light on using courts for accountability and debates about the so-called ‘lawfare’ in Latin America.

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British Journal of Political Science POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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8.70

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期刊介绍： The British Journal of Political Science is a broadly based journal aiming to cover developments across a wide range of countries and specialisms. Contributions are drawn from all fields of political science (including political theory, political behaviour, public policy and international relations), and articles from scholars in related disciplines (sociology, social psychology, economics and philosophy) appear frequently. With a reputation established over nearly 40 years of publication, the British Journal of Political Science is widely recognised as one of the premier journals in its field.