The anti‐corruption struggle has become an international political doctrine since the 1990s. On the one hand, it has been anchored in organizations that promote ideas and models of ‘good governance’: non‐governmental organizations (NGOs), think tanks, the World Bank, and so on. On the other hand, it has acquired normative force in conventions of the United Nations (UN), the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD), and other institutions that induce changes in national laws. The mobilization of this doctrine in the Brazilian national space is simultaneously related to the effects of political conjuncture and to broader structural factors. Since the re‐democratization of the country, legal elites have made increasing corporate and political gains. At the same time, the anti‐corruption prescriptions have reinforced political and economic groups’ discourse seeking to re‐establish the neoliberal agenda of the 1990s. In Brazil, this agenda's central axis focuses on the (de)legitimation of the social rights enshrined in the 1988 Constitution, and of the social policies implemented in recent decades. Among these structural factors, we can highlight the corporate stature and political credit acquired by judicial agents since the re‐democratization of the country. Looking at international variables as a starting point, this article aims to shed light on the links between Brazilian institutions and international anti‐corruption initiatives. The results are based on a comparison of the trajectories of core actors in this process and the main anti‐corruption initiatives of the 2000s in Brazil. These initiatives, paradoxically, have contributed to positioning judicial agents as central protagonists of a new version of the Brazilian authoritarian political tradition.

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2000年代以来巴西的“反腐败斗争”：通过司法行动主义进行的政治十字军

自1990年代以来，反腐败斗争已成为一种国际政治学说。一方面，它已经扎根于促进“善政”理念和模式的组织中：非政府组织（NGOs），智囊团，世界银行等。另一方面，它已在联合国（UN），经济合作与发展组织（OECD）和其他引起国内法变化的机构中获得规范性力量。在巴西国家空间中动员这一学说同时与政治紧要的影响和更广泛的结构性因素有关。自该国重新民主化以来，法制精英们在公司和政治上取得了越来越多的成就。与此同时，反腐败的规定加强了政治和经济团体寻求重新确立1990年代新自由主义议程的话语。在巴西，这一议程的中心轴集中于1988年《宪法》所赋予的社会权利的合法化以及近几十年来实施的社会政策的合法化。在这些结构性因素中，我们可以强调自国家重新民主化以来司法人员获得的公司地位和政治信誉。本文以国际变量为起点，旨在阐明巴西机构与国际反腐败举措之间的联系。结果是基于对这一过程中核心行为者的轨迹与巴西2000年代主要反腐败举措的比较。这些举措，