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Political corruption : the underside of civic morality

Title
Political corruption : the underside of civic morality / Robert Alan Sparling.
Author
Sparling, Robert Alan, 1975-
Publication
  • Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]
  • ©2019

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Description
xv, 250 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Haney Foundation series
Uniform Title
Haney Foundation series.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index.
Contents
Preface : what is political corruption? -- Corruption discourse and the ubiquity of distinctions -- The character of rulers : corruption and integrity in Erasmus's Education of a Christian prince -- The character of citizens, Part I : virtue and corruption in the Machiavellian republic of distrust -- The character of citizens, Part II : Étienne de la Boétie on corruption, transparency, and the republicanism of trust -- Corruption, social change, and the constitution : the case of Viscount Bolingbroke -- "La vertu même a besoin de limites" : Montesquieu on moderation and integrity in the modern commercial republic -- Kant, Roberspierre, and the politics of purity -- Purity and the public official : Max Weber on bureaucratic integrity -- Conclusion : the abuse of public things.
Call Number
JFE 19-8555
ISBN
  • 9780812250879
  • 0812250877
LCCN
2018050999
OCLC
1047788568
Author
Sparling, Robert Alan, 1975- author.
Title
Political corruption : the underside of civic morality / Robert Alan Sparling.
Publisher
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]
Copyright Date
©2019
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Haney Foundation series
Haney Foundation series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 19-8555
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