TY - BOOK ID - 78071644 TI - Corruption, capitalism and democracy PY - 2002 SN - 1134744706 1280325674 0203278089 0203203062 9780203278086 1134744692 9781134744701 PB - London New York Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Political corruption KW - Democracy. KW - Capitalism. KW - Market economy KW - Economics KW - Profit KW - Capital KW - Self-government KW - Political science KW - Equality KW - Representative government and representation KW - Republics KW - Boss rule KW - Corruption (in politics) KW - Graft in politics KW - Malversation KW - Political scandals KW - Politics, Practical KW - Corruption KW - Misconduct in office KW - Corrupt practices UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78071644 AB - Corruption arises from the collusion of economic and political elites, a practice that has developed in order to overcome the contradiction of two important processes of our time: capitalism and democracy. In this new study of the phenomenon, the author shows how corruption is the practice of collusion taken to excess; 'the unacceptable face of capitalism'. Corruption, by 'going too far', exposes what is normally hidden from view; the collusive system of elites furthering the expansion of capitalist practice and market practice at the expense of democratic practice and public values. ER -