Soft Corruption: How Unethical Conduct Undermines Good Government and What to Do about It

by William E. Schluter

New Jersey has long been a breeding ground for political corruption, and most of it is perfectly legal. Public officials accept favors from lobbyists, give paid positions to relatives, and rig the electoral process to favor their cronies in a system where campaign money is used to buy government results. Such unethical behavior is known as "soft corruption," and former New Jersey legislator William E. Schluter has been fighting it for the past fifty...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813586178
• ISBN13: 9780813586175
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher