From legal definitions to ethnic identities: Representations of organized crime in Czech policy documents

Kupka, Petr; Walach, Václav; Divišová, Vendula

doi:10.1007/s12117-022-09449-y

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“…Este artículo se enmarca en tres discusiones importantes dentro de los estudios sobre el crimen organizado. En primer lugar, se suma a las discusiones sobre la ineficiencia de las definiciones legales para entender este fenómeno (Finckenauer, 2005;Kupka et al, 2022). Si bien es cierto que muchos de los transportistas están cometiendo un crimen de carácter transnacional, esto no quiere decir que siempre que esto suceda haya grandes organizaciones armadas detrás de ello o que siempre se pueda designar una diferencia entre victimario/víctima.…”

Section: Conclusiones: Crimen Organizado Violencia Y Militarizaciónunclassified

Violencia contra migrantes: comprensión del crimen organizado más allá de la violencia

Sarmiento¹,

Bravo-Hernández²,

RAMOS³

2023

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Este artículo busca explicar por qué hay más violencia contra migrantes y transportistas en algunas regiones que en otras. Para esto, se compararon el ecosistema criminal (número y tipo de actores criminales en un territorio) y la resiliencia estatal (capacidad de un Estado para tomar medidas de combate contra el crimen organizado) en el Golfo del Urabá (Colombia) y Agadez (Níger), y se ofrece evidencia de otras cinco subregiones entre 2015 y 2022 utilizando datos del índice del crimen organizado del Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. Se encontró que la violencia es un recurso del que tienen más incentivos los grupos jerárquicamente organizados para utilizar contra migrantes y transportistas que aquellos grupos criminales más pequeños o pobremente organizados. La hipótesis apunta únicamente a la violencia contra migrantes y transportistas. Más trabajo debe ser hecho para abordar otras formas de violencia del crimen organizado.

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Violencia contra migrantes: comprensión del crimen organizado más allá de la violencia

Sarmiento¹,

Bravo-Hernández²,

RAMOS³

2023

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Road to Compliance in Post-socialist Czechia: From Anti-organized Crime via Anti-corruption to the Commodification of Serious Crime Control

Kupka

2024

Compliance, Defiance, and ‘Dirty’ Luxury

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Looking Back on Corruption: Representations of Corruption and Anti-corruption in Czech Party Manifestos between 1990–2017

Kupka¹,

Naxera²

2023

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This study follows the constructivist tradition of corruption research. Specifically, we analyze representations of corruption and anti-corruption in the electoral manifestos of Czech political parties and movements between 1990 and 2017. In these documents, corruption is primarily construed as a security issue and is framed within the context of economic and organized crime. The causes of corruption, the main actors behind it, and the proposed countermeasures draw on three dominant discourses: neoliberal, centrist, and populist. Neoliberal discourse attributes corruption to the overextended nature of the state, with public officials as the primary perpetrators of corruption. Countermeasures are based on streamlined public administration and personal accountability of government employees in this discourse. Centrist discourse sees the interweaving of economic and political power as the cause of corruption perpetrated by the mafia or lobbyists. Countermeasures are rooted in legal regulation and cooperation with anti-corruption forces in this discourse. Populist discourse provides an updated interpretation of the former two discourses. It borrows the metaphoric labeling of perpetrators from the centrist repertoire and the logic behind the proposed countermeasures from neoliberal discourse. In the conclusion, we compare our findings with the political constructions of corruption in other cultural contexts. We also shed light on some of the circumstances that may have contributed to framing corruption as a security issue in Czechia.

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From legal definitions to ethnic identities: Representations of organized crime in Czech policy documents

Cited by 3 publications

References 45 publications

Violencia contra migrantes: comprensión del crimen organizado más allá de la violencia

Violencia contra migrantes: comprensión del crimen organizado más allá de la violencia

Road to Compliance in Post-socialist Czechia: From Anti-organized Crime via Anti-corruption to the Commodification of Serious Crime Control

Looking Back on Corruption: Representations of Corruption and Anti-corruption in Czech Party Manifestos between 1990–2017

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