Showing results for "Culture of Corruption" in Politics & Social Sciences

The era of hope and change is dead...and it only took six months in office to kill it. Never has an administration taken office with more inflated expectations of turning Washington around. Never have a media-anointed American Idol and his entourage fallen so fast and hard.

Can anyone really own a culture? This magnificent account argues that the story of global civilisations is one of mixing, sharing, and borrowing. It shows how art forms have crisscrossed continents over centuries to produce masterpieces. From Nefertiti's lost city and the Islamic Golden Age to twentieth century Nigerian theatre and Modernist poetry, Martin Puchner explores how contact between different peoples has driven artistic innovation in every era - whilst cultural policing and purism have more often undermined the very societies they tried to protect.

This book examines fifteen judgments that have influenced the financial destiny of India. With significant macroeconomic dimensions, these judgments, when explored, show a long-term impact on the economy. In doing so, judgments from different times of history have been examined to give the...

Merchants of Doubt has been praised—and attacked—around the world, for reasons easy to understand. This book tells, with “brutal clarity” (Huffington Post), the disquieting story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades.

The No1 Sunday Times Bestseller A Waterstones Best Politics Book 2024 A Mail on Sunday ‘Best Holiday Read 2024’ ‘A searing exposé’ Glamour ‘A timely reminder of the dangers posed by men who crave power’ – Observer From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce...

From the man who coined the term "net neutrality," author of The Master Switch and The Attention Merchants, comes a warning about the dangers of excessive corporate and industrial concentration for our economic and political future. We live in an age of extreme corporate concentration, in...

Dive into the shadowy world where drug cartels challenge governments and become them. Host Alexandra Reeves exposes how organized crime infiltrates political systems, turning law enforcement into accomplices and elections into survival tests. Discover the machinery of narco-political power. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.aiThis show includes AI-generated content.

Mexican drug cartels don't just evade law enforcement—they purchase it. Join Alexandra Reeves as she exposes the bribery networks, compromised officials, and institutional rot that enable cartels to operate openly, revealing how corruption has become their most powerful weapon. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.aiThis show includes AI-generated content.

Host Alexandra Reeves investigates how drug cartels corrupt and become governments. From officials serving two masters to how fighting corruption unleashes worse violence, this series examines organized crime and political power across Latin America. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.aiThis show includes AI-generated content.

Host Maxwell Slate dissects the mechanics of political corruption across scales and borders, examining how power is abused and accountability systems fail. Each standalone episode unpacks a different dimension through vivid case studies, from local pay-to-play schemes to presidential conflicts of interest and international strongman networks. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.aiThis show includes AI-generated content.

The Gilded Age (c. 1870–1900) was an era of explosive growth and stark inequality in the United States. Lucas and Luna unpack the fortunes of industrial titans like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J.P. Morgan, whose steel, oil, and banking empires reshaped the nation. They explore the dark side of progress: the corruption of city bosses like New York's Boss Tweed, the brutal labor struggles at Homestead and Pullman, and the plight of millions of immigrants flooding through Ellis Island. The show also examines the era's cultural upheavals — the rise of vaudeville, the birth of the...

A REVELATORY AND DARKLY COMIC ADVENTURE THROUGH A NATION ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN—FROM THE HALLS OF CONGRESS TO THE BASES OF BAGHDAD TO THE APOCALYPTIC CHURCHES OF THE HEARTLAND Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi set out to describe the nature of George Bush’s America in the post-9/11...

Shortlisted for Columbia Journalism School’s J. Anthony Lukas Award A Publishers Lunch NonFiction Buzz Book| Named Most Anticipated by Los Angeles Times A leading authority on sheriffs investigates the impunity with which they police their communities, alongside the troubling role they play in...

“Incisive and compelling, reflecting the painful wisdom and knowledge that Bill Ong Hing has accrued over the course of fifty years . . . ”—Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow First book to argue that immigrant and refugee rights are part of the fight for racial justice; offers...

Are radical climate activists hurting the cause? Germany should have been a global leader in combating climate change—its voters consider it a major issue and back the world’s most powerful Green Party. Yet, Germany’s climate policies have been disappointing. What happened? In Climate...

"I don't take responsibility at all." Those words of Donald Trump at a March 13, 2020, press conference are likely to be history's epitaph on his presidency. A huge swath of Americans have put their faith in Trump, and Trump only, because they see the rest of the country building a future that...

In Captured, U.S. Senator and former federal prosecutor Sheldon Whitehouse offers an eye-opening take on what corporate influence looks like today from the Senate Floor, adding a first-hand perspective to Jane Mayer’s Dark Money. Americans know something is wrong in their government...

From the New York Times’s Business Investigations Editor and #1 bestselling author of Dark Towers comes a long-overdue exposé of the astonishing yet shadowy power wielded by the world’s largest law firms, following the narrative arc of Jones Day, the firm that represented the Trump campaign...

Join Abiel and Hiro as they delve deep into the topic of corruption eradication in Indonesia in their insightful podcast. In each episode, they explore the complex landscape of corruption within the country, from its roots and causes to the impact it has on society and the economy. Through engaging discussions, they analyze key cases, government policies, and the role of law enforcement and civil society in fighting corruption. Abiel and Hiro also bring in expert opinions, share real-life stories, and propose actionable solutions to combat corruption. Whether you're a student, a professional, ...

Instead of indulging in corrupt practices, we should rather work on overcoming the problem of corruption. We must set an example for the citizens and inspire them to work with honesty and dedication to reach their goals rather than using corrupt means.