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Corruption, Accountability and Discretion

Corruption, Accountability and Discretion

Lind, Nancy S.
Rabe-Hemp, Cara E.

Hardcover

Series: Public Policy and Governance

General Political ScienceUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 1787435563
ISBN13: 9781787435568
Publisher: Emerald Pub Ltd
Published: Oct 25 2017
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
The corruption of public officials in the United States and its corrosive impact on public policy, political stability and democratic institutions, earns it a spot among the most critical public crises of the last decade. There have been scandals involving elected officials across the political spectrum from local elected officials up to the White House, involving conflicts of interest, campaign fundraising and political elections. At the heart of many scandals is the discretionary power of public officials to make decisions based on personal interest, often leading to corruption. Understanding the nature and etiology of corruption is important to drafting controls on discretion and rules for accountability. While strict regulation and oversight mechanisms have previously been designed to encourage ethical decision-making and punish violators, it is the media and citizens that have increasingly become modern mechanisms of accountability. Corruption of public governance not only undermines the effectiveness of the political system; it also results in corrupt public policymaking on the most pressing issues facing Americans today.

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