Legislative Network Analysis of the Retrogressive Anti-Corruption Fight and the Reduction of Human Rights in Guatemala between 2017 and 2021 Cover Image

Análisis de la red legislativa del retroceso de la lucha anticorrupción y la reducción de los derechos humanos en Guatemala entre 2017 y 2021
Legislative Network Analysis of the Retrogressive Anti-Corruption Fight and the Reduction of Human Rights in Guatemala between 2017 and 2021

Author(s): Luis Guillermo Velásquez Pérez
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Public Law, Security and defense, Penal Policy, Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: social network analysis; density and centrality; fight against corruption; human rights; authoritarian regression;

Summary/Abstract: This study analyzed, based on Social Networks Analysis (SNA), the links between the deputies of the VIII and IX legislatures of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemalain the promotion and implementation of a regressive agenda composed of projects of law on retrocession of the fight against corruption and the reduction of human rights. It found that five legislative initiatives and seven deputies were key in the network and concluded that the non-re-election of the central deputies (nodes) did not imply that the network disintegrated, but rather signified a transition that should be further studied.

  • Issue Year: 15/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 43-59
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Spanish