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The Politics of Corruption : Organized Crime in an American City by John A. Gardiner is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
Cover 1 Title page, Copyright, Dedication 2 Acknowledgments 8 Contents 10 List of Tables 12 1. Law Enforcement, Corruption, and Urban Politics 14 2. Wincanton 19 3. The Stern Syndicate 30 4. Public Attitudes Toward Law Enforcement 45 5. Corruption as a Political Issue 70 6. The Consequences of Corruption 90 7. Law-Enforcement Corruption: Explanations and Recommendations 106 Appendix A. The 1966 Attitude Survey 118 Appendix B. Factor Analysis and Index Construction 128 Appendix C. Regression Analysis of Governmental Policies 135 Index 140 Publisher:Russell Sage Foundation,Published:1970,ISBN:9781610446297,Related ISBN:9780871542991,Language:English,OCLC:908636941 Discusses actual corrupt practices in one small city, showing both the mechanisms of corruption and the fundamental questions they raise, the answers to which will apply in many cities. He describes the background and conditions that made it possible for a local syndicate to take over an Eastern industrial center, "Wincanton." He discusses the many factors which permitted the take-over, stressing the citizens' lack of concern about links between petty gambling and the undermining of their local government.
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- Author
- John A. Gardiner
- Publisher
- Russell Sage Foundation
- Published
- 1970
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780871542991
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Law, Military, Science