Laundering Cash, White Washing Reputations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6288904 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander Cooley (0000-0001-5611-630X, University of Cambridge), John Heathershaw (0000-0002-9818-1860, University of Cambridge), J C Sharman (0000-0002-7727-1496, University of Cambridge) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-53 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of democracy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jod.2018.0003 |
| OpenAlex | W2783132565 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 32 |
| References cited | 4 |
A growing body of analysis has explored how kleptocrats systematically capture and loot their domestic state institutions, but scholars and policy makers have paid less attention to how globalization enables grand corruption, as well as the laundering of kleptocrats’ finances and reputations. Shell companies and new forms of international investment, such as luxury real-estate purchases, serve to launder the ill-gotten gains of kleptocrats and disimbed them from their country of origin. Critically, this normalization of “everyday kleptocracy” depends heavily on transnational professional intermediaries: Western public-relations agents, lobbyists and lawyers help to recast kleptocrats as internationally respected businesspeople and philanthropic cosmopolitans. The resulting web of relationships makes up a “transnational uncivil society,” which bends global-governance institutions to work in its favor
Business · Cash · Corporate governance · Economics · Globalization · Intermediary · Language change · Money Laundering · Normalization (sociology · Political economy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Corruption and Economic Development · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Finance
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| Unique citing works | 32 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,57 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 31 |