Policy enforcement in the presence of organized crime: Evidence from Rio de Janeiro

Cavgias, Alexsandros; Bruce, Raphael; Meloni, Luis

doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103071

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“…We thank Alberto Chong and Eliana La Ferrara for kindly providing us with the TV signal data, and Tiago Ferraz and Danilo de Souza for excellent research assistance. Replication materials and code can be found at Cavgias et al (2023).…”

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Media Manipulation in Young Democracies: Evidence From the 1989 Brazilian Presidential Election

Cavgias

Corbi

Meloni

et al. 2023

Comparative Political Studies

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We investigate how dominant media networks can manipulate voters in young democracies. During the first presidential election after the democratic transition in Brazil, TV Globo, the largest and most-watched network in the country, unexpectedly manipulated the news coverage of the last debate 2 days before the decisive second round. In a video segment, Globo unfavorably depicted the left-wing candidate, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Using the geographical distribution of broadcaster-specific TV signals and the timing of election events, we identify the effect of the manipulation net of the effect of the debate itself, showing that Globo’s misleading reporting caused Lula to lose millions of votes. Our results showcase how the media can reshape an election in a single stroke, especially where the media is concentrated and politically inexperienced voters have few other sources of information.

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Media Manipulation in Young Democracies: Evidence From the 1989 Brazilian Presidential Election

Cavgias

Corbi

Meloni

et al. 2023

Comparative Political Studies

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“…Criminal organisations, for instance, operate as de facto parallel governance actors who challenge formal State legitimacy and territorial control (Lessing, 2021; Magaloni et al, 2020). During the pandemic, these groups often moved to fill governance voids through activities related to enforcing lockdown rules, delivery of masks and antigen tests, cash handouts, and price controls on basic goods (Aziani et al, 2021; Cavgias et al, 2021; Muggah and Dudley, 2021). In governing from below through both the threat of violence and community solidarity, organised criminal groups in certain instances appear to have bolstered their authority and legitimacy in opposition to the state in support of their own economic and political interests (Gomez, 2020).…”

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Pandemic Micropolitics in Latin America: Small Business and the Governance of Crisis From Above and Below in El Salvador

Bull

Hoelscher

2023

Journal of Politics in Latin America

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The COVID-19 pandemic had severe impacts in Latin America, with small businesses intensely affected. Beyond its economic consequences, the pandemic also exacerbated structural flaws in some of the region's weakly institutionalised democracies, diminishing State legitimacy and expanding that of organised criminal groups. In considering how State governance from above is challenged by non-state governance from below, this article examines a “pandemic micropolitics” as seen through the lens of support to the small business sector. We outline a framework to understand co-governance in hybrid political orders during crises; and examine this using case studies of urban informal markets and the transport sector in El Salvador. In showing that the pandemic contributed to a renegotiation of co-governance between the State, criminal organisations, and business associations, we contribute to understandings of the dynamics of distributive politics and the co-governance of crisis; and the potential implications for a post-COVID-19 political economy in Latin America.

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Social distancing and COVID-19 under violence: Evidence from Colombia

Martin,

Romero

2024

Journal of Development Economics

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Policy enforcement in the presence of organized crime: Evidence from Rio de Janeiro

Cited by 3 publications

References 18 publications

Media Manipulation in Young Democracies: Evidence From the 1989 Brazilian Presidential Election

Media Manipulation in Young Democracies: Evidence From the 1989 Brazilian Presidential Election

Pandemic Micropolitics in Latin America: Small Business and the Governance of Crisis From Above and Below in El Salvador

Social distancing and COVID-19 under violence: Evidence from Colombia

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