TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY School of Business and Governance Department of Law Kristiina Leiniälä WIDESPREAD EFFECTS OF HIGH-LEVEL CORRUPTION: THE CASE OF MEXICO Bachelor’s thesis Programme INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Supervisor: Holger Mölder, PhD Co-supervisor: Vlad Vernygora, MA Tallinn 2018 I declare that I have compiled the paper independently and all works, important standpoints and data by other authors have been properly referenced and the same paper has not been previously been presented for grading. The document length is 12118 words from the introduction to the end of conclusion. Kristiina Leiniälä …………………………… (signature, date) Student code: TASB 156103 Student e-mail address:
[email protected] Supervisor: Holger Mölder, PhD: The paper conforms to requirements in force …………………………………………… (signature, date) Co-supervisor: Vlad Vernygora, MA: The paper conforms to requirements in force …………………………………………… (signature, date) Chairman of the Defence Committee: Permitted to the defence ………………………………… (name, signature, date) 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................................................4 INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................5 1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ................................................................................................8 1.1. Roots of Corruption in Mexico: Post-Revolutionary Period ................................................8