Corruption in American politics and lifeBrooks, Robert C. (Robert Clarkson)
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Corruption in American politics and life
Brooks, Robert C. (Robert Clarkson)
Political corruption -- United States; United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918
Business, alleged to be made good by corruption, 4-13;
and social morals, 67, 68, 75;
and politics, corruption in, 161;
state regulation of, 165, 171;
and campaign contributions, 264;
consolidation of, 163.
“Business administration” of public affairs, 46.
Campaign contributions, danger of plutocracy involved in, 71-74;
problem of, 76;
and theory of party support, 213;
congressional appropriations, 221;
publicity, 229;
prohibition and restriction of, 244;
from corporations, 244;
from candidates, 248;
from civil servants, 256;
from individuals, 258;
and campaign literature, 260;
in small amounts, 261;
time limits, 262;
geographical limits, 263;
and business interests, 264;
of services, 267;
in state and local contests, 268;
in primaries and conventions, 270;
results of reform, 273.
Candidates, corruption and personal immorality as disqualifications,
15;
and publicity, 240;
contributions of, 248.
Caritative function of the state, 70.
Carnegie Foundation, 138, 149.
Census statistics of cities, 186.
Charles II., 89.
Chicago, slaughter-house exposures, 163.
Childs, Richard S., 297.
China, 102.
Church, the, 31, 36, 47, 66, 69.
Citizenship, education for, 36.
Civil service, Great Britain, 95-98;
in police departments, 190;
spoils system, 218;
and campaign contributions, 256.
Class war, 21, 29;
social interest _vs._ class interest, 293.
Cleveland, Grover, 107.
Colleges and universities, 48, 132, 139, 143.
Commissions, Public Service, 175.
Commons, Professor John R., 29.
Competition, 162.
Congressional appropriations for campaign expenses, 221.
Consensus of moral opinion on corruption, 58.
Contractual nature of corrupt practices, 106.
Corporation campaign contributions, 244.
Corporations, Bureau of, 175.
Corruption, defined, 41-48;
distinguished from inefficiency, 48-51;
a persistent problem, 81;
limited to certain branches or spheres of government, 100-104;
contractual nature of, 106;
minor forms of, 113;
classification of forms of, 116;
in professional life, 177;
in politics and business, 161, 169;
international, 170;
and the party organisation, 201;
decreasing in progressive countries, 299.
Crime and vice, 186.
Curtis, George William, 128.
Democracy, the corrupt machine as the saviour of, 17;
oligarchy _vs._, 26;
as means of establishing community of interest among the people,
30;
liability of, to corruption, 52, 54, 296.
“Democratic finance,” 182.
Democratic National Committee, Report 1908, 233;
time limit for contributions, 262.
Despotism, 51.
Dicey, Albert Venn, 175.
Dill, James B., 168.
Duty, political, 46, 51.
Eaton, Dorman B., 95-98, 205.
Economic evolution in relation to corruption, 52.
Economics, university instruction in, 139.
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