Many Lives of Corruption - The Reform of Public Life in Modern Britain, C. 17501950

This edited collection provides a uniquely expansive history of how corruption has undermined and exercised public life in modern Britain, from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth. It provides the first account that pays equal attention to the successes and limitations of anticorruption reforms, and shifting meanings of 'corruption'.

About the author

Ian Cawood is Associate Professor in British Political and Religious History at the University of Stirling

Tom Crook is Reader in Modern British History at Oxford Brookes University

Summary

This edited collection provides a uniquely expansive history of how corruption has undermined and exercised public life in modern Britain, from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth. It provides the first account that pays equal attention to the successes and limitations of anticorruption reforms, and shifting meanings of ‘corruption’. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Ian Crook Cawood
• Assisted by: Ian Cawood (Editor), Cawood Ian (Editor), Tom Crook (Editor), Crook Tom (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781526150035
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-5003-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Political corruption, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Social and ethical issues, Corruption in society, Corruption in politics, government and society