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Political corruption : the underside of civic morality / Robert Alan Sparling.
Author
Sparling, Robert Alan, 1975-
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Format
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Language
English
Published/Created
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]
©2019
Description
xv, 250 pages ; 24 cm.
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JF1081 .S69 2019
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Political corruption
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Political ethics
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Political science
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Philosophy
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History
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Series
Haney Foundation series
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Bibliographic references
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.
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ISBN
9780812250879 ((hardcover : alk. paper))
0812250877 ((hardcover : alk. paper))
LCCN
2018050999
OCLC
1047788568
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