Corruption in Urban Politics and Society, Britain 1780-1950 /
Corruption in Urban Politics and Society, Britain 1780-1950 /
Edited by James Moore and John Smith.
- Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2007 c2007.
- viii, 181 p. ; 24 cm.
- Historical Urban Studies .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Corruption and urban governance -- Locating corruption: language and the respectable -- Corruption: a tentative overview / John Garrard -- Corrupt and corporate bodies: attitudes to corruption in eighteenth-century and early nineteenth-century towns / Rosemary Sweet -- Getting away with it?: corruption, scandal and the respectable 1830-1945 / Sarah Wilson -- Managing corruption: attitudes and ethics -- Corruption and scandal in the port of Liverpool / Adrian Jarvis -- Municipal corruption and political partisanship in Manchester / James Moore -- "Certified correct" : the great Wolverhampton Council fraud / John Smith -- "The dramas of local government: public service and personal ethics -- In Winifred Holtby's South Riding" / Clare Griffiths -- "Rotten boroughs: the crisis of urban policing and the decline in municipal independence, 1914-1964" / Chris Williams.
9780754637059
2006032260
Municipal government--Corrupt practices--History.--Great Britain
Local government--Corrupt practices--History.--Great Britain
Political corruption--History.--Great Britain
JS3025 / .C67 2007
364.13230941 / COR
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Corruption and urban governance -- Locating corruption: language and the respectable -- Corruption: a tentative overview / John Garrard -- Corrupt and corporate bodies: attitudes to corruption in eighteenth-century and early nineteenth-century towns / Rosemary Sweet -- Getting away with it?: corruption, scandal and the respectable 1830-1945 / Sarah Wilson -- Managing corruption: attitudes and ethics -- Corruption and scandal in the port of Liverpool / Adrian Jarvis -- Municipal corruption and political partisanship in Manchester / James Moore -- "Certified correct" : the great Wolverhampton Council fraud / John Smith -- "The dramas of local government: public service and personal ethics -- In Winifred Holtby's South Riding" / Clare Griffiths -- "Rotten boroughs: the crisis of urban policing and the decline in municipal independence, 1914-1964" / Chris Williams.
9780754637059
2006032260
Municipal government--Corrupt practices--History.--Great Britain
Local government--Corrupt practices--History.--Great Britain
Political corruption--History.--Great Britain
JS3025 / .C67 2007
364.13230941 / COR