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An edition of Corruption in America (2014)

Corruption in America

from Benjamin Franklin's snuff box to Citizens United

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  • 1 Want to read

In 1785, Louis XVI presented Benjamin Franklin with a snuff box encrusted with diamonds and inset with the King's portrait. Americans believed it threatened to "corrupt" Franklin by altering his attitude toward the French in subtle psychological ways. In 2010, one of the most consequential Court decisions in American political history gave wealthy corporations the right to spend unlimited money to influence elections. With unlimited spending transforming American politics for the worse, warns Teachout, if the American experiment in self-government is to have a future, then we must revive the traditional meaning of corruption and embrace an old ideal.

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Politics and government, Political culture, Political corruption, Judicial corruption, Moral and ethical aspects, History, United states, politics and government, nyt:crime-and-punishment=2014-11-09, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Political ethics

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Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United
2016, Harvard University Press
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Cover of: Corruption in America
Corruption in America: from Benjamin Franklin's snuff box to Citizens United
2014
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
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Corruption in America
2014, Harvard University Press
in English
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Table of Contents

Four 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (page3 313-358) and index.

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364.1/3230973
Library of Congress
JK2249 .T43 2014, JK2249.T43 2014

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viii, 376 pages
Number of pages
376

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OL26886970M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 13
9780674050402
LCCN
2014010417
OCLC/WorldCat
875999670, 2014010417

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