Glass houses : congressional ethics and the politics of venom /

Newt Gingrich, the Genghis Khan of recent American politics, wrenched the humdrum congressional ethics process out of its lethargy and turned it into an offensive tool for partisan gain. Now, instead of yawning, lawmakers quake at the thought of an ethics inquiry that can easily, often unfairly, tip...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tolchin, Susan J.
Otros Autores: Tolchin, Martin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, Ã2004.
Temas:
United States. > Congress > Ethics.
United States. > Congress.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Ethics.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The ethics wars
  • The apple and other temptations
  • Joe McCarthy and the ethics process
  • Abscam and the "Keating Five"
  • The new rules of the ethics wars
  • Sex: the sin of hypocrisy
  • Torricelli, and CIA, and the Intelligence Committee
  • Forgery: the case of the purloined stationery
  • The noble lie: modern ethical dilemmas
  • The politics of venom.

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