Glass Houses - Congressional Ethics and the Politics of Venom

Informationen zum Autor Mary Tolchin Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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• Authors: Martin Tolchin, Marty Tolchin, Mary Tolchin, Susan Tolchin, Susan & Martin Tolchin, Susan J. Tolchin, Susan J. Tolchin Tolchin
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.07.2003
• EAN: 9780813341613
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-4161-3
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education