TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schluter,William E.
TI  - Soft Corruption: How Unethical Conduct Undermines Good Government and What To Do About It 
T2  - Rivergate Regionals Collection
SN  - 9780813586175
AV  - JK3545 .S45 2017
U1  - 320.9749 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - New Brunswick, NJ : 
PB  - Rutgers University Press, 
KW  - Campaign funds
KW  - New Jersey
KW  - Conflict of interests
KW  - Misconduct in office
KW  - Patronage, Political
KW  - Political corruption
KW  - Political culture
KW  - corrupt
KW  - corruption
KW  - cronies
KW  - crony capitalism
KW  - current affairs
KW  - election
KW  - ethics
KW  - garden state
KW  - government
KW  - greed
KW  - law
KW  - legislature
KW  - lobbyist
KW  - new jersey politics
KW  - new jersey
KW  - news
KW  - nj law
KW  - nj legislature
KW  - nj politics
KW  - nj
KW  - political corruption
KW  - politicking
KW  - politics
KW  - public official
KW  - public servant
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; 1. Soft Corruption-The Problem --; 2. Campaign Financing: How It Works --; 3. Campaign Financing: The New Jersey Version --; 4. Lobbying --; 5. Conflict of Interest --; 6. Patronage: Jobs, Contracts, Perks --; 7. The Electoral Process --; 8. Agenda for Reform --; 9. How to Achieve Reform --; Notes --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - New Jersey has long been a breeding ground for political corruption, and most of it is perfectly legal. Public officials accept favors from lobbyists, give paid positions to relatives, and rig the electoral process to favor their cronies in a system where campaign money is used to buy government results. Such unethical behavior is known as "soft corruption," and former New Jersey legislator William E. Schluter has been fighting it for the past fifty years. In this searing personal narrative, the former state senator recounts his fight to expose and reform these acts of government misconduct. Not afraid to cite specific cases of soft corruption in New Jersey politics, he paints a vivid portrait of public servants who care more about political power and personal gain than the public good. By recounting events that he witnessed firsthand in the Garden State, he provides dramatic illustrations of ills that afflict American politics nationwide. As he identifies five main forms of soft corruption, Schluter diagnoses the state government's ethical malaise, and offers concrete policy suggestions for how it might be cured. Not simply a dive through the muck of New Jersey politics, Soft Corruption is an important first step to reforming our nation's political system, a book that will inspire readers to demand that our elected officials can and must do better. Visit: www.softcorruption.com (http://www.softcorruption.com)
UR  - https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813586199
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813586199
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780813586199.jpg
ER  -