Corrupt Illinois: Patronage, Cronyism, and Criminality by Gradel, Thomas J.

Corrupt Illinois: Patronage, Cronyism, and Criminality

Public funds spent on jets and horses. Shoeboxes stuffed with embezzled cash. Ghost payrolls and incarcerated ex-governors....
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Author: Thomas J. Gradel
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Corrupt Illinois: Patronage, Cronyism, and Criminality by Gradel, Thomas J.

Corrupt Illinois: Patronage, Cronyism, and Criminality

€32,86

Corrupt Illinois: Patronage, Cronyism, and Criminality

€32,86
Author: Thomas J. Gradel
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Public funds spent on jets and horses. Shoeboxes stuffed with embezzled cash. Ghost payrolls and incarcerated ex-governors. Illinois' culture of Where's mine? and the public apathy it engenders has made our state and local politics a disgrace.

In Corrupt Illinois, veteran political observers Thomas J. Gradel and Dick Simpson take aim at business-as-usual. Naming names, the authors lead readers through a gallery of rogues and rotten apples to illustrate how generations of chicanery have undermined faith in, and hope for, honest government. From there, they lay out how to implement institutional reforms that provide accountability and eradicate the favoritism, sweetheart deals, and conflicts of interest corroding our civic life.

Corrupt Illinois lays out a blueprint to transform our politics from a pay-to-play-driven marketplace into what it should be: an instrument of public good.


Author: Thomas J. Gradel, Dick Simpson
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 01/20/2015
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780252078552

About the Author
Thomas J. Gradel spent 35 years as a media consultant and served on the staff of Governor Dan Walker. He is a freelance writer and political researcher. Dick Simpson is a professor, former head of the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, former Chicago alderman and congressional candidate. His books include Rogues, Rebels, and Rubber Stamps: The Politics of the Chicago City Council from 1863 to the Present and Teaching Civic Engagement.


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