Crimes of the Powerful in the Global South: "State Failure" as Elite Success

• Autores: Kristian Lasslett, Thomas MacManus
• Localización: The Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and the Global South / Kerry Carrington (ed. lit.), Russell Hogg (ed. lit.), John Scott (ed. lit.), Máximo Sozzo (ed. lit.), 2018, ISBN 978-3-319-65020-3, págs. 633-655
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • When interrogating regimes of corruption, state violence, and regulatory breakdown in the Global South, there is a risk we frame such activity through ‘deficit models’, which sees symptoms of state failure in state-corporate criminality. Moving away from idealized visions of what a post-colonial statehood ought to be, this chapter will advance empirical evidence which suggests the crimes of the powerful frequently evidence success. The challenge is determining who for and how do we define success. To explore these questions, case studies from the Ivory Coast and Papua New Guinea will be presented. Lax regulation, corruption, violence, and impunity signal a speculative elite who have succeeded in creating supportive conditions for illicit commercial repertoires that facilitate rapid wealth generation for key stakeholders.