Research Catalog

Title

Corruption : a short history / Carlo Alberto Brioschi ; translation by Antony Shugaar.

Author

Brioschi, Carlo Alberto

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2017]

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Details

Additional Authors

Shugaar, Antony

Description

vi, 263 pages; 19 cm

Summary

"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 history-from Babylon to modern-day U.S. organized crime and the great market collapses-and concludes with reflections on the moral perception of corruption and its dangers for democracy"--

Uniform Title

Breve storia della corruzione. English

Alternative Title

• Breve storia della corruzione.
• Corruption, a short history

Subject

• Political corruption > History
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General
• Political corruption

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Translated from the Italian.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: If Julius Caesar is a thief -- The gift in antiquity -- Democracy and decadence -- Bribes in ancient Rome -- The feces of the Devil -- Corruption in power -- Philosophy of corruption -- A pragmatic approach to corruption -- The American dream of purity -- Restoration and decadence -- Parts in the play -- The great dictatorships -- Beyond the age of innocence -- Expansion of the realm of corruption -- Corrupt finance : the great market collapses -- Conclusion

ISBN

• 9780815727910
• 0815727917

LCCN

^^2017000421

OCLC

1013902953

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library