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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450422703321

Titolo

The history of corruption in central government [[electronic resource] =] : L'histoire de la corruption au niveau du pouvoir central / / edited by Seppo Tiihonen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Washington, DC, : IOS Press

Tokyo, : Ohmsha, c2003

ISBN

1-280-50582-6

9786610505821

600-00-0580-6

1-60129-468-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Collana

Cahier d'histoire de l'administration ; ; no 7

International Institute of Administrative Sciences monographs, , 1382-4414 ; ; v. 21

Altri autori (Persone)

TiihonenSeppo

Disciplina

364.1/323

Soggetti

Political corruption - History

Comparative government

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title page; Preface; Contents; Central Government Corruption in Historical Perspective; What's Past is Prologue: Administrative Corruption in Australia; La corruption dans l'administration belge aux xix[sup(e)] et xx[sup(e)] siècles; Corruption and Public Service in Canada: Conceptual and Practical Dimensions; Good Governance and Corruption in Finland; La Corruption dans l'Administration Allemande; Corruption in the Central Administration of the Greek State: A Historical Approach; Corruption in Italy: A Structural Approach

Mal-administration in the Netherlands in the 19th and 20th CenturiesDemocracy and Corruption in the 19th Century United States: Parties, ""Spoils"" and Political Participation; About the Authors; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work is a study of administrative corruption from an historical perspective. It aims to answer questions such as :Can we find general



patterns in the development of corruption? And what are the connections between administrative corruption, political corruption and development?