Shadowlands of Conduct - Ethics and State Politics

Informationen zum Autor Beth A. Rosenson is assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Florida. Klappentext Scandals have been ubiquitous since the beginning of the Republic, but it wasn't until 1954 that ethical self-regulation began to move legislatively beyond bribery statutes to address deeper issues--those which, in New York Governor Thomas Dewey's words, skulked in the "shadowlands of conduct." Rosenson begins her exploration with that moment when New York became the first state to enact a general ethics law, setting standards and guidelines for behavior. Unforgiving and illuminating, she examines the many laws that have been enacted since and the reasons that many of these law came into being. Zusammenfassung Although the linking of 'ethics' and 'politics' may seem more like the ingredients for a comedian's monologue! it is a sober issue and one that affects every American. This title offers an exploration with that moment when New York became the first state to enact a general ethics law! setting standards and guidelines for behavior. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Setting the Stage: Legislative Ethics and the Process of Ethics Reform 2. Three Case Studies: Initial Explanations of Ethics Reform Failure and Success 3. Ethics Laws in the Pre-Watergate Period! 1954-72: Early Innovation in Regulating Legislative Conflicts of Interest 4. Watergate and Beyond: Ethics Reform Moves Forward! 1973-96 5. The Mostly Toothless Tiger: The Authorization of Independent Ethics Commissions! 1973-96 and Beyond 6. Ethical Self-Regulation and Its Limitations Appendices A. Appendix to Chapter 1 and General Appendix for 1996 Ethics Index B. Models and Data Sources for Chapter 3 C. Regression Tables for Chapter 3 D. Models and Data Sources for Chapter 4 E. Regression Tables for Chaper 4 F. Models and Data Sources for Chapter 5 G. Regression Tables for Chapter 5 Notes References Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Beth A. Rosenson, Rosenson Beth A.
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.03.2005
• EAN: 9781589010451
• ISBN: 978-1-58901-045-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: American Governance and Public Policy series; American Governance and Public
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, United States of America, USA, Ethics and moral philosophy, Political science and theory, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies