Corrupt Britain

Public Ethics in Practice and Thought Since the Magna Carta
2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-36936-0
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 227 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 321 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology

This book deploys a long-term account of political corruption in Britain to explain the phenomenon of corruption as it resides within the state and the contemporary problem of corruption denial among members of the political class. It aims to satisfy the concern about corruption and identify potential causes and significance. The book provides and account of definitions of corruption and how those definitions have changed over time. Throughout the succeeding chapters it discusses public life and how ethical considerations for public office holders have evolved over time. This book argues that corruption is not just a concern about politics and understanding corruption requires a multi-disciplinary approach: history; political science; sociology; anthropology and urban ethnography.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jones, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Corruption: Concepts and Discourses.- 2. Corruption in Medieval England c.1215-c.1485.- 3. Corruption in Early Modernity c.1485-1688.- 4. The Old Corruption c1688-c.1832.- 5. Reform of Parliament and Elections c.c.1832-c1912.- 6. Reform: Success and Failure; Civil Service and Conflict of Interest.- 7. Politics restructured and the crisis of the Cities c.1912-1988.- 8. Empire: From Corrupt Extraction to Civilising Mission c.1757-1936.- 9. The Way We Live Now c1986-c2023.

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Jones is Honorary Fellow at the Center for Urban History at the University of Leicester, UK.