Corrupt Britain E-Book

Peter Jones

• Herausgeber: Springer Nature Switzerland
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Serie: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Beschreibung

This book deploys a long-term account of political corruption in Britain to explain the phenomenon of corruption as it resides within the state and the contemporary problem of corruption denial among members of the political class. It aims to satisfy the concern about corruption and identify potential causes and significance. The book provides and account of definitions of corruption and how those definitions have changed over time. Throughout the succeeding chapters it discusses public life and how ethical considerations for public office holders have evolved over time. This book argues that corruption is not just a concern about politics and understanding corruption requires a multi-disciplinary approach: history; political science; sociology; anthropology and urban ethnography.