ABSTRACT This essay serves as the introduction to the special issue titled, ‘The social life of corruption in Latin America’. The six authors featured in this special issue of Culture, Theory and Critique exhibit a range of scholarship around questions of corruption and anti-corruption in the region. All have been involved in long-term ethnographically based research projects in particular locations in Latin America, including Brazil (three contributions), Peru (one contribution), Colombia (one contribution) and Ecuador (one contribution). In this special issue, these engaged regional scholars turn their attention to the theme of corruption in ‘parts known’, that is, within sites where they have already established deep connections.

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拉丁美洲腐败的社会生活

摘要 本文是对题为“拉丁美洲腐败的社会生活”的特刊的介绍。本期《文化、理论和批判》特刊中的六位作者展示了围绕该地区腐败和反腐败问题的一系列学术成果。所有人都参与了拉丁美洲特定地区的长期人种学研究项目，包括巴西（三项贡献）、秘鲁（一项贡献）、哥伦比亚（一项贡献）和厄瓜多尔（一项贡献）。在本期特刊中，这些参与其中的地区学者将注意力转向了“已知部分”腐败的主题，即在他们已经建立了深厚联系的地方。