Legal but corrupt : a new perspective on public ethics / edited by Frank Anechiarico.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anechiarico, Frank, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political corruption--United States.

Political corruption.

United States.

Misconduct in office--United States.

Misconduct in office.

Public administration--Moral and ethical aspects.

Public administration.

Political ethics--United States.

Political ethics.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Labeling a person, institution or particular behavior as 'corrupt' signals both political and moral disapproval and, in a functioning democracy, should stimulate inquiry, discussion, and, if the charge is well-founded, reform. This book argues...that the political community and scholars alike have underestimated the extent of corruption in the United States and elsewhere and thus, awareness of wrong-doing is limited and discussion of necessary reform is stunted. In fact, there is a class of behaviors and institutions that are legal, but corrupt. They are accepted as legitimate by statute and practice, but they inflict very real social, economic, and political damage. This book explains why it is important to identify legally accepted corruption and provides a series of examples of corruption using this perspective.

Contents:

Introduction: What's corrupt? / Frank Anechiarico

Doubling down on derivatives : the legal but corrupt exploitation of the fallout from the Great Recession / Danny L. Balfour and Guy B. Adams

Shaping the state to private purposes : a comparison of conflicts of interest in the United States to Sweden / Frank Anechiarico and Staffan Andersson

Whose corruption?, whose law? : law's authority and social power / Ciarán O'Kelly

Racialized policing in New York City : the NYPD and stop, question, frisk / Frank Anechiarico

Benefit corporations : a solution to the crisis of corporate legitimacy? / Lydia Segal

Conclusion: Accountability and the reform of legal corruption / Frank Anechiarico.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Print version: Legal but corrupt.

ISBN:

9781498536394

1498536395

OCLC:

959922806

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