An Intellectual History of Political Corruption (Political Corruption and Governance)

Few concepts have witnessed a more dramatic resurgence of interest in recent years than corruption. This book provides a compelling historical and conceptual analysis of corruption which demonstrates a persistent oscillation between restrictive ‘public office’ and expansive ‘degenerative’ connotations of corruption from classical Antiquity to 1800.Product details Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1349339121 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 2014 edition (January 22, 2014) Publication Date: January 22, 2014