Conflict of Interest in American Public Life

by Andrew Stark

Book Overview

Ranging over a wide array of cases, Andrew Stark draws on legal, moral, and political thought--as well as the rhetoric of officeholders and the commentary of journalists--to analyze several decades of debate over conflict of interest in American public life. He offers new ways of interpreting the controversies about conflict of interest, explains their prominence in American political combat, and suggests how we might make them less venomous and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674012135
• ISBN13: 9780674012134
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 9.5"