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Inside Job:How Government Insiders Subvert the Public Interest/ Mark A. Zupan President, Alfred University, NY, USA.

Physical description: xiii, 251 pages 23 cm.;
Author(s): ZUPAN, Mark A.;
ISBN: 9781316607770 (pbk.;
Subjects: Public interest.; Political corruption.; Public officers.; Civil service.;
Formatted contents notes: Machine generated contents note: Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Government for the people?; 2. Why worry about government insiders and their profits?; 3. How do government insiders profit at the public's expense?; 4. What do government insiders stand to gain?; 5. What factors curb hijacking by government insiders?; 6. Why are government insiders so hard to control?; 7. Where and when has the state been co-opted from within?; 8. Government insiders: a day of reckoning for China?; 9. Government insiders: a day of reckoning for the US?; 10. How can we form a more perfect union?; Bibliography; Index.;
Summary notes: "National decline is typically blamed on special interests from the demand side of politics corrupting a country's institutions. The usual demand-side suspects include crony capitalists, consumer activists, economic elites, and labor unions. Less attention is given to government insiders on the supply side of politics - rulers, elected officials, bureaucrats, and public employees. In autocracies and democracies, government insiders have the motive, means, and opportunity to co-opt political power for their benefit and at the expense of national well-being. Many storied empires have succumbed to such inside jobs. Today, they imperil countries as different as China and the United States. Democracy - government by the people - does not ensure government for the people. Understanding how government insiders use their power to subvert the public interest - and how these negative consequences can be mitigated - is the topic of this book by Mark A. Zupan" Provided by publisher.; "National decline is typically blamed on special interests from the demand side of politics corrupting a county's institutions. The usual demand-side suspects include crony capitalists, consumer activists, economic elites, and labor unions. Less attention is given to government insiders on the supply side of politics - rulers, elected officials, bureaucrats, and public employees" Provided by publisher.;
Call number: 320.101 ZUP;
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520	$a"National decline is typically blamed on special interests from the demand side of politics corrupting a county's institutions. The usual demand-side suspects include crony capitalists, consumer activists, economic elites, and labor unions. Less attention is given to government insiders on the supply side of politics - rulers, elected officials, bureaucrats, and public employees"$cProvided by publisher.
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