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024 7 _a10.36019/9780813586199
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035 _a(DE-B1597)526375
035 _a(OCoLC)982958330
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082 0 4 _a320.9749
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aSchluter, William E.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aSoft Corruption :
_bHow Unethical Conduct Undermines Good Government and What To Do About It /
_cWilliam E. Schluter.
264 1 _aNew Brunswick, NJ :
_bRutgers University Press,
_c[2017]
264 4 _c©2017
300 _a1 online resource (314 p.) :
_b5 figures, 3 tables
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
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338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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490 0 _aRivergate Regionals Collection
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tCONTENTS --
_tPreface --
_tAcknowledgments --
_t1. Soft Corruption-The Problem --
_t2. Campaign Financing: How It Works --
_t3. Campaign Financing: The New Jersey Version --
_t4. Lobbying --
_t5. Conflict of Interest --
_t6. Patronage: Jobs, Contracts, Perks --
_t7. The Electoral Process --
_t8. Agenda for Reform --
_t9. How to Achieve Reform --
_tNotes --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aNew 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)
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jan 2021)
650 0 _aCampaign funds
_zNew Jersey.
650 0 _aConflict of interests
_zNew Jersey.
650 0 _aMisconduct in office
_zNew Jersey.
650 0 _aPatronage, Political
_zNew Jersey.
650 0 _aPolitical corruption
_zNew Jersey.
650 0 _aPolitical culture
_zNew Jersey.
650 4 _acorrupt.
650 4 _acorruption.
650 4 _acronies.
650 4 _acrony capitalism.
650 4 _acurrent affairs.
650 4 _aelection.
650 4 _aethics.
650 4 _agarden state.
650 4 _agovernment.
650 4 _agreed.
650 4 _alaw.
650 4 _alegislature.
650 4 _alobbyist.
650 4 _anew jersey politics.
650 4 _anew jersey.
650 4 _anews.
650 4 _anj law.
650 4 _anj legislature.
650 4 _anj politics.
650 4 _anj.
650 4 _apolitical corruption.
650 4 _apoliticking.
650 4 _apolitics.
650 4 _apublic official.
650 4 _apublic servant.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
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