The Politics of Corruption: Organized Crime in an American City

by John A. Gardiner

Discusses actual corrupt practices in one small city, showing both the mechanisms of corruption and the fundamental questions they raise, the answers to which will apply in many cities. He describes the background and conditions that made it possible for a local syndicate to take over an Eastern industrial center, "Wincanton." He discusses the many factors which permitted the take-over, stressing the citizens' lack of concern about links between petty...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871542994
• ISBN13: 9780871542991
• Release Date: August 1970
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 141 Pages