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001 2014010417
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005 20150806081926.0
008 140317s2014 mau b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aJK2249$b.T43 2014
082 00 $a364.1/3230973$223
100 1 $aTeachout, Zephyr.
245 10 $aCorruption in America :$bfrom Benjamin Franklin's snuff box to Citizens United /$cZephyr Teachout.
264 1 $aCambridge, Massachusetts :$bHarvard University Press,$c2014.
300 $aviii, 376 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 313-358) and index.
505 0 $aFour snuff boxes and a horse -- Intellectual influences on the framing conceptions -- Removing temptations -- An architecture of obstacles -- Corrupt kings, corrupt judges, and the critics -- Yazooism -- Is bribery without a remedy? -- The railroads, corruption, and judicial review -- Corrupt lobbying -- Treats, spoils, and the ballot with the flaming pink border -- Teddy Roosevelt's vision and the courts -- The jury decides -- Operation Gemstone -- Corrupt campaign contributions -- Citizens United -- The new snuff boxes -- Abstraction, innocence, dissonance, complacency, and contempt -- The revival of the American corruption principle -- Possibilities for current reform -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Anti-corruption constitutional provisions -- Appendix 2: Major twentieth-century anti-corruption law.
650 0 $aPolitical corruption$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aJudicial corruption$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$xMoral and ethical aspects.