Corruption in urban politics and society, Britain 1780-1950 / edited by James Moore and John Smith.

Other author Moore, James R., 1972-
Other author Smith, John, 1973-
Format Book
Publication InfoAldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007.
Descriptionviii, 181 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

SeriesHistorical urban studies
Historical urban studies. ^A539275
Contents Corruption and urban governance / James Moore and John Smith -- Locating corruption : language and the respectable -- Scandals : a tentative overview / John Garrard -- Corrupt and corporate bodies : attitudes to corruption in eighteenth-century and early nineteenth-century towns / Rosemary Sweet -- 'Getting away with it?' or 'punishment enough'? : the problem of 'respectable' crime from 1830 / Gary Wilson and Sarah Wilson -- Managing corruption : attitudes and ethics -- Corruption and scandal in the port of Liverpool / Adrian Jarvis -- Municipal corruption and political partisanship in Manchester 1885-95 / James Moore -- 'Ingenious and daring' : the Wolverhampton Council fraud 1905-17 / John Smith -- The dramas of local government : personal ethics and public service in Winifred's Holtby's South riding / Clare Griffiths -- Rotten boroughs : the crisis of urban policing and the decline of municipal independence 1914-64 / Chris A. Williams.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006032260
ISBN0754637050 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780754637059 (alk. paper)