Corruption

Carlo Alberto Brioschi

doi:10.5771/9780815727927

Corruption

A Short History

Published 2017

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doi.org/10.5771/9780815727927
ISBN print: 978-0-8157-2791-0
ISBN online: 978-0-8157-2792-7
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham

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Abstract

From ancient times to modern, corruption has been ingrained in human society and is still a powerful issue in the contemporary world.

In Corruption: A Short History, Carlo Brioschi provides a thorough and entertaining look at how corruption was born and has evolved over time, without ever being stamped out. He examines corruption through politics and historyfrom Babylon to modern-day U.S. organized crime and the great market collapsesand concludes with reflections on the moral perception of corruption and its dangers for democracy.

Schlagworte

Financial Crisis Bribary Corporate Corruption Corrupt Officials Corruption Corruption in History Carlo Alberto Brioschi

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i–vi Preface i–vi
- Table of Contents
1–20 Introduction: If Julius Caesar is a Thief 1–20
21–28 The Gift in Antiquity: Exchange, Favor, and Sacrifice, from Hammurabi to the Bible 21–28
29–38 Democracy and Decadence: Corruption and Political Buying and Selling in Ancient Greece 29–38
39–50 Bribes in Ancient Rome: From Verres to Tacitus 39–50
51–64 The Feces of the Devil: Social and Ecclesiastical Corruption between Feudalism and Rise of the Merchants 51–64
65–80 Corruption in Power: From Machiavelli to the Gold of the New World 65–80
81–92 Philosophy of Corruption: France between Absolutism and Revolution, from Richelieu to Talleyrand (by Way of Robespierre) 81–92
93–100 A Pragmatic Approach to Corruption: England in the Industrial Revolution 93–100
101–110 The American Dream of Purity: From the Moralizing Promise of the Mayflower to the Triumph of the Gangsters 101–110
111–128 Restoration and Decadence: Bourgeoisie and Bureaucracy, Corruption between Modern Capitalism and the Nation-State 111–128
129–140 Parts in the Play: Corruption in the Depictions of the Nineteenth-Century Novel 129–140
141–158 The Great Dictatorships: Totalitarian Corruption in the First Half of the Twentieth Century 141–158
159–166 Beyond the Age of Innocence: Social and Political Corruption in the United States through Its Literature and Popular Culture 159–166
167–182 Expansion of the Realm of Corruption: From Party Financing to the "Clash of Civilizations" 167–182
183–196 Corrupt Finance: The Great Market Collapses: Financial Crimes and Misdemeanors from the South Sea Bubble to the Crash of 2008 183–196
197–222 Conclusion 197–222
223–230 Notes 223–230
231–246 Bibliography 231–246
247–264 Index 247–264

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