The Concept Of Systemic Corruption In American Political And Economic History
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Author |
: Edward L. Glaeser |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 397 |
Release |
: 2007-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226299594 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226299597 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis Corruption and Reform by : Edward L. Glaeser
Despite recent corporate scandals, the United States is among the world’s least corrupt nations. But in the nineteenth century, the degree of fraud and corruption in America approached that of today’s most corrupt developing nations, as municipal governments and robber barons alike found new ways to steal from taxpayers and swindle investors. In Corruption and Reform, contributors explore this shadowy period of United States history in search of better methods to fight corruption worldwide today. Contributors to this volume address the measurement and consequences of fraud and corruption and the forces that ultimately led to their decline within the United States. They show that various approaches to reducing corruption have met with success, such as deregulation, particularly “free banking,” in the 1830s. In the 1930s, corruption was kept in check when new federal bureaucracies replaced local administrations in doling out relief. Another deterrent to corruption was the independent press, which kept a watchful eye over government and business. These and other facets of American history analyzed in this volume make it indispensable as background for anyone interested in corruption today.
Author |
: John Joseph Wallis |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 76 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: PSU:000055883993 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Concept of Systemic Corruption in American Political and Economic History by : John Joseph Wallis
The critical role of governance in the promotion of economic development has created intense interest in the manner in which the United States eliminated corruption. This paper examines the concept of corruption in American history; tracing the term corruption to its roots in British political philosophy of the 17th and 18th century, and from there back to Machiavelli, Polybius and Artistole. Corruption was defined prior to 1850 in a way that was significantly different from how it was defined in the Progressive Era. "Systematic corruption" embodied the idea that political actors manipulated the economic system to create economic rents that politicians could use to secure control of the government. In other words, politics corrupts economics. The classic cure for systematic corruption was balanced government. Americans fought for independence because they believed that the British government was corrupt. The structure of American constitutions was shaped by the need to implement balanced government. Conflict and debate over the implementation of balanced government dominated the political agenda until the 1840s, when states began moving regulatory policy firmly towards open entry and free competition. By the 1890s, systematic corruption had essentially appeared from political discourse. By then corruption had come to take on its modern meaning: the idea that economic interests corrupt the political process. What modern developing countries with corrupt governments need to learn is how the United States eliminated systematic corruption.
Author |
: Sarah Chayes |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 432 |
Release |
: 2020-08-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780525654865 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0525654860 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis On Corruption in America by : Sarah Chayes
From the prizewinning journalist and internationally recognized expert on corruption in government networks throughout the world comes a major work that looks homeward to America, exploring the insidious, dangerous networks of corruption of our past, present, and precarious future. “If you want to save America, this might just be the most important book to read now." —Nancy MacLean, author of Democracy in Chains Sarah Chayes writes in her new book, that the United States is showing signs similar to some of the most corrupt countries in the world. Corruption, she argues, is an operating system of sophisticated networks in which government officials, key private-sector interests, and out-and-out criminals interweave. Their main objective: not to serve the public but to maximize returns for network members. In this unflinching exploration of corruption in America, Chayes exposes how corruption has thrived within our borders, from the titans of America's Gilded Age (Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, et al.) to the collapse of the stock market in 1929, the Great Depression, and FDR's New Deal; from Joe Kennedy's years of banking, bootlegging, machine politics, and pursuit of infinite wealth to the deregulation of the Reagan Revolution--undermining this nation's proud middle class and union members. She then brings us up to the present as she shines a light on the Clinton policies of political favors and personal enrichment and documents Trump's hydra-headed network of corruption, which aimed to systematically undo the Constitution and our laws. Ultimately and most importantly, Chayes reveals how corrupt systems are organized, how they enable bad actors to bend the rules so their crimes are covered legally, how they overtly determine the shape of our government, and how they affect all levels of society, especially when the corruption is overlooked and downplayed by the rich and well-educated.
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: |
Publisher |
: World Bank Publications |
Total Pages |
: 180 |
Release |
: 2000 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0821346008 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780821346006 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis Corrupt Cities by :
Much of the devastation caused by the recent earthquake in Turkey was the result of widespread corruption between the construction industry and government officials. Corruption is part of everyday public life and we tend to take it for granted. However, preventing corruption helps to raise city revenues, improve service delivery, stimulate public confidence and participation, and win elections. This book is designed to help citizens and public officials diagnose, investigate and prevent various kinds of corrupt and illicit behaviour. It focuses on systematic corruption rather than the free-lance activity of a few law-breakers, and emphasises practical preventive measures rather than purely punitive or moralistic campaigns.
Author |
: Eric M. Uslaner |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 753 |
Release |
: 2018-01-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190274818 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190274816 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Social and Political Trust by : Eric M. Uslaner
This volume explores the foundations of trust, and whether social and political trust have common roots. Contributions by noted scholars examine how we measure trust, the cultural and social psychological roots of trust, the foundations of political trust, and how trust concerns the law, the economy, elections, international relations, corruption, and cooperation, among myriad societal factors. The rich assortment of essays on these themes addresses questions such as: How does national identity shape trust, and how does trust form in developing countries and in new democracies? Are minority groups less trusting than the dominant group in a society? Do immigrants adapt to the trust levels of their host countries? Does group interaction build trust? Does the welfare state promote trust and, in turn, does trust lead to greater well-being and to better health outcomes? The Oxford Handbook of Social and Political Trust considers these and other questions of critical importance for current scholarly investigations of trust.
Author |
: Mark Twain |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 380 |
Release |
: 1904 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015049835963 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Gilded Age by : Mark Twain
Author |
: Inge Amundsen |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 32 |
Release |
: 1999-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 8290584407 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9788290584400 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Political Corruption by : Inge Amundsen
Author |
: Yuen Yuen Ang |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 275 |
Release |
: 2020-05-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108802383 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108802389 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis China's Gilded Age by : Yuen Yuen Ang
Why has China grown so fast for so long despite vast corruption? In China's Gilded Age, Yuen Yuen Ang maintains that all corruption is harmful, but not all types of corruption hurt growth. Ang unbundles corruption into four varieties: petty theft, grand theft, speed money, and access money. While the first three types impede growth, access money - elite exchanges of power and profit - cuts both ways: it stimulates investment and growth but produces serious risks for the economy and political system. Since market opening, corruption in China has evolved toward access money. Using a range of data sources, the author explains the evolution of Chinese corruption, how it differs from the West and other developing countries, and how Xi's anti-corruption campaign could affect growth and governance. In this formidable yet accessible book, Ang challenges one-dimensional measures of corruption. By unbundling the problem and adopting a comparative-historical lens, she reveals that the rise of capitalism was not accompanied by the eradication of corruption, but rather by its evolution from thuggery and theft to access money. In doing so, she changes the way we think about corruption and capitalism, not only in China but around the world.
Author |
: Charles H. Blake |
Publisher |
: University of Pittsburgh Pre |
Total Pages |
: 262 |
Release |
: 2009-07-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780822973553 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0822973553 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis Corruption and Democracy in Latin America by : Charles H. Blake
Corruption has blurred, and in some cases blinded, the vision of democracy in many Latin American nations. Weakened institutions and policies have facilitated the rise of corrupt leadership, election fraud, bribery, and clientelism. Corruption and Democracy in Latin America presents a groundbreaking national and regional study that provides policy analysis and prescription through a wide-ranging methodological, empirical, and theoretical survey. The contributors offer analysis of key topics, including: factors that differentiate Latin American corruption from that of other regions; the relationship of public policy to corruption in regional perspective; patterns and types of corruption; public opinion and its impact; and corruption's critical links to democracy and governance.Additional chapters present case studies on specific instances of corruption: diverted funds from a social program in Peru; Chilean citizens' attitudes toward corruption; the effects of interparty competition on vote buying in local Brazilian elections; and the determinants of state-level corruption in Mexico under Vicente Fox. The volume concludes with a comparison of the lessons drawn from these essays to the evolution of anticorruption policy in Latin America over the past two decades. It also applies these lessons to the broader study of corruption globally to provide a framework for future research in this crucial area.
Author |
: Kimberly Ann Elliott |
Publisher |
: Columbia University Press |
Total Pages |
: 258 |
Release |
: 1997-06-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780881323238 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0881323233 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Corruption and the Global Economy by : Kimberly Ann Elliott
The recently-adopted OECD convention outlawing bribery of foreign public officials is welcome evidence of how much progress has been made in the battle against corruption. The financial crisis in East Asia is an indication of how much remains to be done. Corruption is by no means a new issue but it has only recently emerged as a global issue. With the end of the Cold War, the pace and breadth of the trends toward democratization and international economic integration accelerated and expanded globally. Yet corruption could slow or even reverse these trends, potentially threatening economic development and political stability in some countries. As the global implications of corruption have grown, so has the impetus for international action to combat it. In addition to efforts in the OECD, the Organization of American States, the World Trade Organization, and the United Nations General Assembly, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have both begun to emphasize corruption as an impediment to economic development. This book includes a chapter by the Chairman of the OECD Working Group on Bribery discussing the evolution of the OECD convention and what is needed to make it effective. Other chapters address the causes and consequences of corruption, including the impact on investment and growth and the role of multinational corporations in discouraging bribery. The final chapter summarizes and also discusses some of the other anticorruption initiatives that either have been or should be adopted by governments, multilateral development banks, and other international organizations.