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Congressional Ethics and the Politics of Venom
Besorgungstitel - wird vorgemerkt | Lieferzeit: Besorgungstitel - Lieferbar innerhalb von 10 Werktagen I
Artikel-Nr:
9780813341613
Veröffentl:
2003
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.08.2003
Seiten:
216
Autor:
Marty Tolchin
Gewicht:
299 g
Format:
229x152x12 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Mary Tolchin
This book shows how ethics in Washington has changed over two centuries while offering new interpretations of past ethics cases. It analyzes the politicization of the ethics and reveals in telling detail the forces that drive the modern lawmaker into a maelstrom of fierce corruption battles.
Preface and Acknowledgments -- The Ethics Wars -- The Apple and Other Temptations -- Joe McCarthy and the Ethics Process -- Abscam and the "Keating Five" -- The New Rules of the Ethics Wars -- Sex- -- Torricelli, the CIA, and the Intelligence Committee -- Forgery -- The Noble Lie -- The Politics of Venom -- Expulsion, Censure, Reprimand, and Ethics Proceedings in the Senate 1797-2001 -- Summary of Expulsion, Censure, Reprimand, and Ethics Procedures in the House of Representatives, 1797-2001