An Intellectual History of Political Corruption

by Lisa Hill, Bruce Buchan, L. Hill

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349339121
• ISBN13: 9781349339129
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"