Overview
- Identifies potential causes of corruption and their significance
- Provides a long-term account of political corruption in Britain
- Argues that corruption requires a multi-disciplinary approach
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology (PSUA)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Peter Jones is Honorary Fellow at the Center for Urban History at the University of Leicester, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Corrupt Britain
Book Subtitle: Public Ethics in Practice and Thought Since the Magna Carta
Authors: Peter Jones
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36934-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-36933-9Published: 31 August 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-36936-0Due: 01 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-36934-6Published: 30 August 2023
Series ISSN: 2946-2436
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2444
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 227
Topics: Anthropology, History of Britain and Ireland, Political Sociology, Social Anthropology, Governance and Government