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Bezig met laden... On corruption in America : and what is at stake (editie 2020)door Sarah Chayes
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. The corruption is far worse than I realized. If you care about fairness, the good of the order, the survival of our democracy and the planet, read this book! We must all reevaluate our priorities, and cease to complacently turn a blind eye on corruption, even if personal sacrifices of convenience and monetary wealth are required. ( ) While others diagnose our key political problem as monopoly, Chayes thinks that it’s corruption—which both aids and is aided by monopoly. With fewer specifics than I might have hoped for, Chayes draws connections between the US past, the US present, and the present of other countries. For example, in comparing the US Gilded Age and Afghanistan: “Beneath what is usually framed in economic terms as corporate consolidation, I saw clusters of people sorting themselves out into relatively stable, rival—yet often allied—corruption networks.” And she finds continuities among the corrupt. “Every kleptocratic network that I have investigated, from Afghanistan to Honduras to Central Asian or African countries, has included a skein of outright criminals.” Personal relationships through marriage and kinship might not be as vital in the US as in other places [though see Trump] because other US institutions are stronger—colleges, the Koch network, and money, “that leveler.” The most common and most effective tactic to deploy against anticorruption is to exploit and inflame ethnic or similar identity divisions. The solutions or natural reactions to corruption come from the labor movement or, if alternatives seem useless, violent extremism; widespread disasters like WWII offer the opportunity for reform. Chayes suggests redefined and expanded criminal prohibitions on bribery and enforcement thereof; also there is no alternative to civic education and continued activism. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"An examination of how networks of systemic corruption have developed in America in the past and present, and how they are undermining democracy"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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