The erotics of corruption
Subtitle: law, scandal, and political perversion
By: Ruth A. Miller.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Albany, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780791474532; 9780791474549
Subjects: Political corruption; Sexual ethics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-208) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Corruption, democracy, and the colony; title: A vocabulary of corruption; title: Theoretical framework; title: An overview; title: Conclusion; title: Political corruption as sexual deviance : a literature review; title: The body politic; title: The developing state and its infantile transgression; title: Striptease : political transparency and self-regarding behavior; title: Incest, cannibalism, and corporate responsibility; title: Conclusion; title: Celebrating the corrupt leader; title: Pornography and testimony; title: Getting to know Abdul and Saddam; title: Developing state, developing star; title: Body doubles and doubled bodies; title: Confession; title: Conclusion; title: Condemning the corrupt system; title: Biopolitical space and totalitarian space; title: Salo : the 120 days of Sodom; title: Bandits and bureaucrats; title: The portable torture nation; title: Bribery, nepotism, and decay; title: Dehumanizing bureaucracies; title: Conclusion; title: Conclusion.