Professor Alfredo Saad-Filho
Small Group Project 2018-19
Corruption scandals, moral panics and neoliberal reforms: Contrasting ‘mani pulite’ and ‘lava jato’
This research project compares and contrasts two of the largest corruption scandals in recent history, the Italian ‘mani pulite’ (1992-1994) and the Brazilian ‘lava jato’ (2014-present), aiming to offer: (a) an innovative analysis of corruption, corruption scandals and neoliberalism rooted on the political economy of systems of accumulation; and (b) an original account of the contribution of the Italian and Brazilian corruption scandals to the transition to neoliberalism in Italy and the deepening of neoliberal reform in Brazil.
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Saad-Filho, A., & Boffo, M. (2021).
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Biography
Alfredo Saad-Filho is Professor of International Relations at Queen’s University, Belfast. He has degrees in Economics from the University of Brasília (Brazil) and SOAS University of London and has taught in universities and research institutions in Brazil, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mozambique, Switzerland and the UK.
His academic publications include nine authored or edited books, 70 journal articles and 50 book chapters, as well as 30 reports and other contributions for the United Nations and other international agencies (UNCTAD, UNDP, UN-ESCWA, and UN-DESA). His work has been published in 15 languages and presented over 200 academic events in 30 countries. These writings range across critiques of the (Post-)Washington consensus; International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank policies and pro-poor policy alternatives. They also include concrete analyses of fiscal, monetary, financial, balance of payments and employment policies, as well as inflation targeting, resource use (including ‘resource curse’ and Dutch Disease) and policy-making in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America (especially Brazil) and the Middle East.
His academic publications include nine authored or edited books, 70 journal articles and 50 book chapters, as well as 30 reports and other contributions for the United Nations and other international agencies (UNCTAD, UNDP, UN-ESCWA, and UN-DESA). His work has been published in 15 languages and presented over 200 academic events in 30 countries. These writings range across critiques of the (Post-)Washington consensus; International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank policies and pro-poor policy alternatives. They also include concrete analyses of fiscal, monetary, financial, balance of payments and employment policies, as well as inflation targeting, resource use (including ‘resource curse’ and Dutch Disease) and policy-making in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America (especially Brazil) and the Middle East.
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