The Art Of The Bribe

Author : James Heinzen
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300224764

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The first archive-based study of official corruption under Stalin and a compelling new look at the textures of everyday Soviet life after World War II In the Soviet Union, bribery was a skill with its own practices and culture. James Heinzen’s innovative and compelling study examines corruption under Stalin’s dictatorship in the wake of World War II, focusing on bribery as an enduring and important presence in many areas of Soviet life. Based on extensive research in recently declassified Soviet archives, The Art of the Bribe offers revealing insights into the Soviet state, its system of law and repression, and everyday life during the years of postwar Stalinism.

Author : James W. Heinzen
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-29
Category : Bribery
ISBN : 9780300175257

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The Art of the Bribe by James W. Heinzen Pdf

7. Military Justice at the Intersection of Counterrevolution and Corruption -- 8. The Death of a Judge: Scandal and the Affair of the High Courts -- Conclusion: The Bribe and Its Meaning -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z

Author : Boris Groys
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781844678099

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The Total Art of Stalinism by Boris Groys Pdf

From the ruins of communism, Boris Groys emerges to provoke our interest in the aesthetic goals pursued with such catastrophic consequences by its founders. Interpreting totalitarian art and literature in the context of cultural history, this brilliant essay likens totalitarian aims to the modernists’ goal of producing world-transformative art. In this new edition, Groys revisits the debate that the book has stimulated since its first publication.

Author : Nicholas Ross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Police
ISBN : UOM:39015010329749

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The Policeman's Bible by Nicholas Ross Pdf

Author : Willa Nash
Publisher : Devney Perry
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1950692930

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The Bribe by Willa Nash Pdf

Duke Evans didn't expect to interrupt a beautiful woman in a staring contest with a bison on his favorite hiking trail. He also didn't expect to see her again after rescuing her from the surly beast. As the sheriff in Calamity, Montana, he's had his fair share of surprises but none as pleasant as pulling over a shiny black car and finding his mysterious hiking companion behind the wheel. Only, she lied to Duke. She gave him a name as fake as her hair color. According to her driver's license, her real name is Lucy Ross, the famous country music singer whose sudden disappearance has been a hot topic in the media over the past two weeks. He's not sure why Lucy lied about her identity or why she's in Calamity. And she's not talking. Instead, she offers him a bribe to keep her secret. But Duke doesn't want her money. He wants to know why this woman is on the run. And as long as the star shines on his badge, he's going to find out.

Author : C. Hope Clark
Publisher : Bell Bridge Books
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781611941104

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Lowcountry Bribe by C. Hope Clark Pdf

A bribery case gone wrong leads a woman into the deep, dank Carolina Lowcountry on a manhunt. Carolina Slade, a by-the-book federal county manager in the coastal Lowcountry of South Carolina, reports an attempted bribe only to find herself a key player in a sting operation run by Senior Special Agent Wayne Largo from the IG Office in Atlanta. However, the IG isn't telling Slade everything about this case or the disappearance-presumed-murder of Slade's boss the year before. When the sting blows up, both cases are put on hold and Wayne is yanked back to Atlanta, leaving Slade to fear not only for her life and job, but for her children's safety. Suddenly, operating by the book is no longer an option. Author C. Hope Clark, an award-winning writer of two mystery series (Carolina Slade and the Edisto Island mysteries), founded FundsforWriters.com, which Writer's Digest has recognized in its annual 101 Best Web Sites for Writers for almost two decades. Hope is married to a 30-year veteran of federal law enforcement, a Senior Special Agent, now a private investigator. They live in South Carolina, on the banks of Lake Murray. Hope is hard at work on the next novel in her Carolina Slade Mystery Series. Visit her at www.chopeclark.com.

Author : Clare Clark
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780544147577

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In the Full Light of the Sun by Clare Clark Pdf

Berlin in the 1920s is a city of seedy night clubs and sumptuous art galleries, where nothing is quite what it seems. It is home to Emmeline, a young art student; Julius, an art expert who loves paintings more than people; and Frank, a Jewish lawyer looking for a way to protect both his family and his principles as the Nazis begin their rise to power. Rachmann, a mercurial art dealer-- and newly discovered paintings by Vincent van Gogh-- will provide a scandal that turns all their lives upside down. -- adapted from jacket

Author : Johann Graf Lambsdorff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781139464765

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The Institutional Economics of Corruption and Reform by Johann Graf Lambsdorff Pdf

Corruption has been a feature of public institutions for centuries yet only relatively recently has it been made the subject of sustained scientific analysis. Lambsdorff shows how insights from institutional economics can be used to develop a better understanding of why corruption occurs and the best policies to combat it. He argues that rather than being deterred by penalties, corrupt actors are more influenced by other factors such as the opportunism of their criminal counterparts and the danger of acquiring an unreliable reputation. This suggests a novel strategy for fighting corruption similar to the invisible hand that governs competitive markets. This strategy - the 'invisible foot' - shows that the unreliability of corrupt counterparts induces honesty and good governance even in the absence of good intentions. Combining theoretical research with state-of-the-art empirical investigations, this book will be an invaluable resource for researchers and policy-makers concerned with anti-corruption reform.

Author : Texas,George Washington Paschal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1174 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063755479

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A Digest of the Laws of Texas by Texas,George Washington Paschal Pdf

Author : Alexandra Addison Wrage
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1467972789

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How to Pay a Bribe by Alexandra Addison Wrage Pdf

In this eminently readable collection, anti-corruption experts guide the reader through the dark world of international bribery schemes, from Washington, D.C. to Europe and Africa and across Asia. Following the authors' accounts of imaginative and varied schemes in which charitable contributions are tainted and fine art is used as a vehicle for passing bribes to greedy officials, this volume offers recommendations for the best practices companies can incorporate to avoid corruption as they interact with governments, intermediaries and each other in international markets.

Author : Zephyr Teachout
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674050402

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Corruption in America by Zephyr Teachout Pdf

When Louis XVI presented Benjamin Franklin with a snuff box encrusted with diamonds and inset with the King’s portrait, the gift troubled Americans: it threatened to “corrupt” Franklin by clouding his judgment or altering his attitude toward the French in subtle psychological ways. This broad understanding of political corruption—rooted in ideals of civic virtue—was a driving force at the Constitutional Convention. For two centuries the framers’ ideas about corruption flourished in the courts, even in the absence of clear rules governing voters, civil officers, and elected officials. Should a law that was passed by a state legislature be overturned because half of its members were bribed? What kinds of lobbying activity were corrupt, and what kinds were legal? When does an implicit promise count as bribery? In the 1970s the U.S. Supreme Court began to narrow the definition of corruption, and the meaning has since changed dramatically. No case makes that clearer than Citizens United. In 2010, one of the most consequential Court decisions in American political history gave wealthy corporations the right to spend unlimited money to influence elections. Justice Anthony Kennedy's majority opinion treated corruption as nothing more than explicit bribery, a narrow conception later echoed by Chief Justice Roberts in deciding McCutcheon v. FEC in 2014. With unlimited spending transforming American politics for the worse, warns Zephyr Teachout, Citizens United and McCutcheon were not just bad law but bad history. If the American experiment in self-government is to have a future, then we must revive the traditional meaning of corruption and embrace an old ideal.

Author : Viken Berberian,Yann Kebbi
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-16
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781683962151

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The Structure is Rotten, Comrade by Viken Berberian,Yann Kebbi Pdf

More in love with the alluring properties of cement than he is with his girlfriend, Frunz’s overriding ambition is to become the next legendary architect. If only life was that simple. His father, known as Mr. Cement, is a builder in bed with the autocrats who run Yerevan, the capital of post-Soviet Armenia. As father and son team up to transform the city into a post-modern mecca of Trumpian high-rises, outraged citizens rise up in Revolution against them and Yerevan’s corrupt regime. Will Frunz and his father realize their architectural dreams or come crashing down to Earth in the chaos of the Revolution? Written by Viken Berberian with his signature originality and verve and drawn with audacious compositions, delirious colors, and a kinetic expressionistic technique by the acclaimed painter and illustrator Yann Kebbi, The Structure is Rotten, Comrade is a formally innovative and politically resonant work, by turns prescient, punchy, cautionary, and fearless.

Author : Leslie Holmes
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780191003905

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Corruption: A Very Short Introduction by Leslie Holmes Pdf

Corruption is one of the biggest global issues, ahead of extreme poverty, unemployment, the rising cost of food and energy, climate change, and terrorism. It is thought to be one of the principal causes of poverty around the globe. Its significance in the contemporary world cannot be undervalued. In this Very Short Introduction Leslie Holmes considers why the international community has only highlighted corruption as a problem in the past two decades, despite its presence throughout the millennia. Holmes explores the phenomenon from several different perspectives, from the cultural differences affecting how corruption is defined, its impact, and its various causes to the possible remedies. Providing evidence of corruption and considering ways to address it around the world, this is an important introduction to a significant and serious global issue. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Martin Wilson
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781800885783

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Art Law and the Business of Art by Martin Wilson Pdf

In this fully revised and updated second edition of Art Law and the Business of Art, Martin Wilson, an art lawyer with more than 20 years’ experience in the field, provides a comprehensive and practical guide to the application of UK law to transactions and disputes in the art world. New to this Edition: • Thoroughly revised guidance on new anti-money laundering requirements • Updated discussion in the context of Brexit and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic • New coverage of the emerging issues such as the treatment of NFTs and the increased use of internet auctions

Author : Emma Katherine Van Ness
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781785273193

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Antonio Pietrangeli, The Director of Women by Emma Katherine Van Ness Pdf

One of the founding fathers of neorealism in the postwar period in Italy, Antonio Pietrangeli went on to focus his lens upon the female subject. Eight of his ten full-length films feature female protagonists. This study seeks to better understand both his achievements and his failings as a feminist auteur as well as analyse his films by applying new critical and theoretical approaches. Pietrangeli’s representations of women struggling with questions of identity was a revolutionary act in the 1950s and 1960s. The book makes a case why we should recuperate these films today since the standards for representing women in film continue to fall behind the reality of women’s lives off-screen.