Public funds spent on jets and horses. Shoeboxes stuffed with embezzled cash. Ghost payrolls and incarcerated ex-governors. Illinois' culture of "Where's mine?" and the public apathy it engenders has made our state and local politics a disgrace. In Corrupt Illinois , veteran political observers Dick Simpson and Thomas J. Gradel take aim at business-as-usual. Naming names, the authors lead readers through a gallery of rogues and rotten apples to illustrate how generations of chicanery have undermined faith in, and hope for, honest government. From there, they lay out how to implement institutional reforms that provide accountability and eradicate the favoritism, sweetheart deals, and conflicts of interest corroding our civic life. Corrupt Illinois lays out a blueprint to transform our politics from a pay-to-play-driven marketplace into what it should be: an instrument of public good.
Autorentext
Autorentext
Thomas J. Gradel spent 35 years as a media consultant and served on the staff of Governor Dan Walker. He is a freelance writer and political researcher.
Titel
Corrupt Illinois
Untertitel
Patronage, Cronyism, and Criminality
Autor
EAN
9780252097034
ISBN
978-0-252-09703-4
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
30.12.2014
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
4.02 MB
Anzahl Seiten
288
Jahr
2014
Untertitel
Englisch
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