Corruption in politics, government and society

Provides an original analysis of the routine and spectacular forms of violence deployed by the Asad regime in Syria over the last four decades.

Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award Wealth and power on the trail of the super-richIn 2012, Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista was the eighth richest man in the world, his $30bn fortune built on Brazil's incredible natural resources.

Corruption in politics and business is, after war, perhaps the greatest threat to democracy.

When Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump, coined the phrase "e;alternative facts"e; in January 2017, objectivity in public discourse--the long-held belief in a more or less agreed-upon set of verifiable truths--went into a tailspin.

For decades, Noam Chomsky has been considered one of the most important critics of American's foreign policy in Central and Latin America and yet Turning the Tide is one of his only written works which makes that region its sole focus.

Since 2015, Poland's populist Law and Justice Party (PiS) has been dismantling the major checks and balances of the Polish state and subordinating the courts, the civil service, and the media to the will of the executive.

A comprehensive look at how violence has been used to manipulate competitive electoral processes around the world since World War IIThroughout their history, political elections have been threatened by conflict, and the use of force has in the past several decades been an integral part of electoral processes in a significant number of contemporary states.

National borders are permeable to all types of illicit action and contraband goods, whether it is trafficking humans, body parts, digital information, drugs, weapons, or money.

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Despite being democratically elected, Turkey's ruling AKP party moved towards increasingly authoritarian measures in the years that followed.

Looks at cheating, corruption, and concealment to focus on motivations, justifications, influences, and reductions of dishonesty.

Fewsmith explains why political reform in China started, why it has stalled and in many cases gone backward.

From Rick Wilsonlongtime Republican strategist, political commentator, Daily Beast contributorthe #1 New York Times bestseller about the disease that is destroying the conservative movement and burning down the GOP: Trumpism.

The most flamboyant, consistently dishonest racketeer was Supervisor of Internal Revenue John McDonald, whose organization defrauded the federal government of millions of dollars.

A crucial warning for Americans about the lefts never-ending lust to steal individual liberties and the power of God to stop it.

A comprehensive look at how violence has been used to manipulate competitive electoral processes around the world since World War IIThroughout their history, political elections have been threatened by conflict, and the use of force has in the past several decades been an integral part of electoral processes in a significant number of contemporary states.

The law and practice relating to corruption and the misuse of public office is of global importance.

Provides an original analysis of the routine and spectacular forms of violence deployed by the Asad regime in Syria over the last four decades.

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This book is an in-depth and bold dialogue with several constituencies about the necessity of finding alternative pathways to solve the monumental problems facing the nations of Sub-Saharan Africa.

This book examines the quality of government worldwide, their organizational structure, and why some countries are less corrupt and better governed than others.

When the Turkish government demanded the cancellation of all lectures on the Armenian Genocide at Israel's First International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide, and that Armenian lecturers not be allowed to participate, the Israeli government followed suit.

From Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Greg Miller comes an exclusive book uncovering the truth behind the Kremlin's attempt to destroy Hillary Clinton and help Donald Trump win the presidency, Trump's steadfast allegiance to Vladimir Putin and Robert Mueller's ensuing investigation of the president and his entourage.

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LONGLISTED FOR THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION 2024 ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTIONHIGHLY COMMENDED FOR BEST NEW AUTHOR AT THE 2024 TRUE CRIME AWARDSJUDGES' CITATION: 'A cleverly constructed account of three different characters representing different aspects of the ruthless and fierce drugs trade.

A Chicago journalist reveals how pervasive police misconduct, brutality, and corruption are changing the perspective of the criminal justice system and eroding the morals of the American people.

This book investigates the role of executive scandals in the contemporary American political landscape.

'Kennard reports with devastating precision.

Corruption takes many different forms and the systems that enable it are complex and challenging.

**A TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**An explosive expos of a firm whose work has made your world more unequal, more corrupt and more dangerous.

Investigative reporter Luke Rosiak is being hailed as ';one of the smartest, most diligent reporters in Washington' (TUCKER CARLSON) and ';a bulldog' (DANA LOESCH) for uncovering ';what is possibly the largest scandal and coverup in the history of the United States House of Representatives' (NEWT GINGRICH).

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A detailed analysis of the corruption economies of Ukrainian and Belarusian bureaucracies and their roots in post-transitional politics.

This new edition of a 1999 classic shows how institutionalized corruption can be fought through sophisticated political-economic reform.

How has corruption shaped - and undermined - the history of public life in modern Britain?

With the inclusion of access to energy in the sustainable development goals, the role of energy to human existence was finally recognized.

'An unburdening, a witness statement and a thriller all at the same time .

PATRICK ALLEY'S NEW BOOK TERRIBLE HUMANS IS AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW.

In the 1980s, real estate developer and banker Charles H.

In the United States, the popular symbols of organised crime are still Depression-era figures such as Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, and Meyer Lansky - thought to be heads of giant, hierarchically organised mafias.

'Read this book' Alastair Campbell'A really wonderful book' Nigella Lawson via TwitterIn 1975 Richard Beard was sent away to boarding school.

Multiple studies conducted during the Trump era reveal that Americans are far less resistant to factual information than is commonly surmised.

This new edition of a 1999 classic shows how institutionalized corruption can be fought through sophisticated political-economic reform.

In the spring of 2023, two brave IRS whistleblowers stepped forward to notify Congress of how the Justice Department had impeded, delayed, and obstructed the criminal investigation of the President's son, Hunter Biden.

The essays in this book examine the arguments and rhetoric used by the United States and the USSR following two catastrophes that impacted both countries, as blame is cast and consequences are debated.