David Arellano-Gault is Professor in the Public Administration Division at the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics, Mexico. He is also Senior Editor of Organization Studies.

"Corruption in Latin America is a most needed book to understand deeply the complexity of corruption practices from their social and cultural roots. From this angle the fight against its pervasive and destructive effects in all societies might emerge." — Gabriela Coronado Susan, University of Western Sydney, Australia"This book offers an interesting and novel approach on corruption in Latin America; exploring corruption as a socially-embedded game. This generates new insights into the sociological, cultural and organizational aspects of the phenomenon. It also includes a rich analysis of anticorruption efforts in the region, and of the reasons behind persistent meagre results. The book truly is a valuable resource for students, as well as for practitioners and policymakers that are interested in understanding corruption and imaging new solutions to old problems." — Fernando Nieto Morales, El Colegio de México, Mexico"This is a ‘must’ for those interested in understanding corruption in Latin America. It adopts a realistic approach not only to comprehend, but also to tackle this problem our citizens face on a daily basis." — Cristian Pliscoff, Universidad de Chile, Chile

• Introduction Section I 1. Corruption: the battle for its definition 2. Corruption as a cultural and social process Section II Introduction to section II 3. Systemic corruption: limits and dilemmas of anti-corruption agencies. 4. The Mexican National Anti-corruption System: white elephant or world-class innovation? 5. Brazil: The success and crisis of a decentralized mechanism for controlling corruption 6. The International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala

David Arellano-Gault is Professor in the Public Administration Division at the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics, Mexico. He is also Senior Editor of Organization Studies.

"Corruption in Latin America is a most needed book to understand deeply the complexity of corruption practices from their social and cultural roots. From this angle the fight against its pervasive and destructive effects in all societies might emerge." — Gabriela Coronado Susan, University of Western Sydney, Australia"This book offers an interesting and novel approach on corruption in Latin America; exploring corruption as a socially-embedded game. This generates new insights into the sociological, cultural and organizational aspects of the phenomenon. It also includes a rich analysis of anticorruption efforts in the region, and of the reasons behind persistent meagre results. The book truly is a valuable resource for students, as well as for practitioners and policymakers that are interested in understanding corruption and imaging new solutions to old problems." — Fernando Nieto Morales, El Colegio de México, Mexico"This is a ‘must’ for those interested in understanding corruption in Latin America. It adopts a realistic approach not only to comprehend, but also to tackle this problem our citizens face on a daily basis." — Cristian Pliscoff, Universidad de Chile, Chile

• Introduction Section I 1. Corruption: the battle for its definition 2. Corruption as a cultural and social process Section II Introduction to section II 3. Systemic corruption: limits and dilemmas of anti-corruption agencies. 4. The Mexican National Anti-corruption System: white elephant or world-class innovation? 5. Brazil: The success and crisis of a decentralized mechanism for controlling corruption 6. The International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala