Glass Houses - Congressional Ethics and the Politics of Venom

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.

List of contents

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 - The Sin of Hypocrisy -- Torricelli, the CIA, and the Intelligence Committee -- Forgery -- The Noble Lie -- The Politics of Venom

About the author

Mary Tolchin

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Tolchin, Marty Tolchin, Mary Tolchin, Susan J. Tolchin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367315962
• ISBN: 978-0-367-31596-2
• No. of pages: 220
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education