The two decades since the Watergate scandal have seen an unprecedented focus on ethics in government. The public integrity scandals of the Clinton administration have, once again, focused national attention on ethics in Washington. This work addresses this very topical subject and the authors come to some unusual conclusions. Tracing the origins of the modern public integrity war back to the very birth of the nation, the authors explain how conservatives and progressives have used allegations of unethical conduct in an effort to persuade the American public to accept their respective visions for American society. A cynical public, anesthetized to the distinction between actual wrongdoing and partisan attack, follows ideology and self-interest rather than character, allowing politicians to get away with even the most egregious conduct.
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?Roberts and Doss have produced a very important, timely, and prescient book. Robert and Doss's book...is absolutely essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the development, application, and politics of federal ethics law. From Watergate to Whitewater is an extremely valuable book. It brilliantly analyzes the history and contemporary organization of federal ethics law and polictics. It is exceptionally well researched, comprehensive, and clearheaded. It should be required reading for everyone in public life, including journalists and public integrity lawyers.?-The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
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This work shows how two armed camps have waged warfare for America's soul from the early days of the republic to the present, and how they have used the institutes of public integrity to destroy foes rather than promote ethics.
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The seeds of the modern public integrity war were sown long before the Watergate scandal of the 1970s. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
public integrity war, public corruption charges, public corruption investigations, integrity bureaucracy, public corruption scandals, public financial disclosure, independent counsel law, nonpublic sources, executive branch employees, ethics scandals, public service ethics, civil service reform movement, ethics reform, independent counsel investigation, movement conservatives, ethics initiatives, financial disclosure statements, government ethics, new progressives, ethics rules, ethics management, corrupt public officials, presidential appointees, powerful special interests, ethics investigations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
White House, New York, Washington Post, United States, Bill Clinton, Bob Dole, Common Cause, Public Integrity Section, Government Act, New Deal, President Bush, Ronald Reagan, Civil Service Commission, Ethics Reform Act, Los Angeles Times, Richard Nixon, Robert Roberts, Civil War, George Bush, President Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Republican Party, Second World War, Supreme Court, Office of Government Ethics New!
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The seeds of the modern public integrity war were sown long before the Watergate scandal of the 1970s. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
public integrity war, public corruption charges, public corruption investigations, integrity bureaucracy, public corruption scandals, public financial disclosure, independent counsel law, nonpublic sources, executive branch employees, ethics scandals, public service ethics, civil service reform movement, ethics reform, independent counsel investigation, movement conservatives, ethics initiatives, financial disclosure statements, government ethics, new progressives, ethics rules, ethics management, corrupt public officials, presidential appointees, powerful special interests, ethics investigations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
White House, New York, Washington Post, United States, Bill Clinton, Bob Dole, Common Cause, Public Integrity Section, Government Act, New Deal, President Bush, Ronald Reagan, Civil Service Commission, Ethics Reform Act, Los Angeles Times, Richard Nixon, Robert Roberts, Civil War, George Bush, President Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Republican Party, Second World War, Supreme Court, Office of Government Ethics New!
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- Administrative Law (Textbook Treatise Series) by The Late Bernard Schwartz on 10 pages
- Handbook of Regulation and Administrative Law (Public Administration and Public Policy) by David H. Rosenbloom on 7 pages
- Ethics in Government (The Godkin Lectures at Harvard University, 1951) by Paul Howard Douglas on 6 pages
- The Growth of the American Republic (Volume I) by Samuel Eliot Morison on 6 pages
- Fall from Grace: Sex, Scandal and Corruption in American Politics from 1702 to Present by Shelley Ross on 5 pages
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- Scandal Proof: Do Ethics Laws Make Government Ethical by G. Calvin MacKenzie in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Shadowlands of Conduct: Ethics and State Politics (American Governance and Public Policy series) by Beth A. Rosenson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Defending the American Presidency: Clinton and the Lewinsky Scandal by Robert Busby in Back Matter
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