COVID-19 and the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program in Puerto Rico: Anti-Corruption, Fraud Prevention, and Punishment.
In: Critical Sociology (Sage Publications, Ltd.), Jg. 50 (2024-05-01), Heft 3, S. 477-498
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The US and Puerto Rican governments' anti-corruption and anti-fraud legislation and policies exacerbated the socio-economic impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico (PR). This article demonstrates how anti-corruption interventions prevented those in most need from receiving the economic benefits of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program and other unemployment insurance benefits. Analyzing this specific instance of anti-corruption and anti-fraud interventions amid the COVID-19 pandemic allows for a deeper examination of how colonial interventions undermined PR's capacity to handle the pandemic, exacerbated its socio-economic impact and created an unequal recovery. Thus, the article illustrates the contradictions of anti-corruption as punitive governance and the way in which a specific notion of corruption is reproduced through governmental actions, legal practices, and policies. Altogether, this article aims to contribute to the discussion on how colonial and punitive anti-corruption interventions enhance social exclusion, disproportionately harm racialized communities, and undermine people's capacity to address period of crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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COVID-19 and the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program in Puerto Rico: Anti-Corruption, Fraud Prevention, and Punishment.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Atiles, Jose |
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Zeitschrift: | Critical Sociology (Sage Publications, Ltd.), Jg. 50 (2024-05-01), Heft 3, S. 477-498 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2024 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0896-9205 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1177/08969205231195224 |
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