Visions of corruption control and the evolution of American public administration
- 54(5), Sep-Oct 1994, p.465-72
What has been the impact of corruption control efforts on the development and operation of public administration. The author describe the evolution of "anticorruption project" over four eras since the 19th century. Each era is characterized by a particular vision of corruption control, and each vision has had a formative effect on the practice of public administration and its development as academic discipline. The impact of the anticorruption project is cumulative, each generations of reformers has added rules, pricedures, and institutions. Most recently, a panoptic" vision of corruption proof government has promoted corruption control to a top priority, competing succesfully with other government functions fo
Corruption -- U.S.A. Public Administration -- Corrupt Practices -- U.S.A.