Anechiarico Legal but Corrupt

A New Perspective on Public Ethics
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4985-3639-4
Verlag: Lexington Books
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 162 Seiten

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, in a set of closely related chapters, 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anechiarico, Frank

Weitere Mitwirkende

Adams, Guy

Andersson, Staffan

Anechiarico, Frank

Balfour, Danny L.

O’Kelly, Ciarán

Segal, Lydia

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction: What’s Corrupt?, Frank Anechiarico Chapter 2: Doubling Down on Derivatives: The Legal but Corrupt Exploitation of the Fallout from the Great Recession, Danny L. Balfour and Guy B. Adams Chapter 3: Shaping the State to Private Purposes: A Comparison of Conflicts of Interest in the United States and Sweden, Staffan Andersson and Frank Anechiarico Chapter 4: Whose Corruption? Which Law? Law’s Authority and Social Power, Ciarán O'Kelly Chapter 5: Racialized Policing in New York City: The NYPD and Stop, Question, Frisk, Frank Anechiarico Chapter 6: Benefit Corporations: A Solution to the Crisis of Corporate Legitimacy?, Lydia Segal Chapter 7: Inclusion, Accountability and the Reform of Legal Corruption, Frank Anechiarico Appendix A: The Politics of the Swedish Nursing Home Scandal Appendix B: Benchmark Analysis from the Rand Study Appendix C: Conceptual Inventory About the Contributors

Über Autor(innen)

Frank Anechiarico is professor of government and law at Hamilton College.