Corruption, Capitalism and Democracy

By John L.S. Girling

Book Overview

Corruption arises from the collusion of economic and political elites, a practice that has developed in order to overcome the contradiction of two important processes of our time: capitalism and democracy. In this new study of the phenomenon, the author shows how corruption is the practice of collusion taken to excess; 'the unacceptable face of capitalism'. Corruption, by 'going too far', exposes what is normally hidden from view; the collusive system of elites furthering the expansion of capitalist practice and market practice at the expense of democratic practice and public values.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415152062
• ISBN13: 9780415152068
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"