Thinking About Political Corruption

by Peter DeLeon

Overview

Peter deLeon argues that while it is often individuals who actually engage in political corruption, it is the US political system that condones or encourages such actions. Once this perspective is recognised, one can begin to understand ways in which the costs of corruption might be alleviated.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317453734
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/04/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Peter deLeon is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Colorado-Denver. Previously he taught at Columbia University and spent a dozen years on the staff of the RAND Corporation. Dr. deLeon has specialized in policy research on issues of technology development, assessment, and utilization, with substantive expertise in national security and energy. He has also written extensively on the public policy processes, especially program implementation, evaluation, and termination, and served as the editor of the leading journal in the field, Policy Sciences. He has twice been named his school’s outstanding research scholar; in 1989, he received honorable mention as the University’s outstanding research scholar. An adviser to the European Center for Social Welfare (Vienna), the Swedish Colloquium for Advance Study in the Social Sciences, and the Science Center (West Berlin), as well as an invited lecturer in the People’s Republic of China, his work has been accorded international recognition. He has been awarded grants from the Ford Foundation, the Alfred J. Sloan Foundation, the German Marshall Fund, the Russell Sage Foundation, the Asia Foundation, and the Swedish Bicentennial Fund.

Table of Contents

Preface; Part I What is Political Corruption?; Chapter 1 It is Sown in Corruption; Chapter 2 A Model of Corruption; Part II Five Cases of Corruption; Chapter 3 “We had no Idea …”; Chapter 4 Wedtech at Large; Chapter 5 It’s an Ill Wind that Blows; Chapter 6 Too Big to Believe; Chapter 7 People with their Own Agenda; Part III What should we do?; Chapter 8 People and Systems;

Editorial Reviews

Provides a theoretical model of political corruption, and applies it to five recent scandals involving the US government, all, oddly enough, during the Reagan administration: HUD, Wedtech, military procurement, savings and loan, and Iran/Contra. DeLeon (public policy, U of Colorado) also suggests what private citizens can do about the problem. Paper edition (839-6), $16.50. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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