| Edition |
1st Vintage books ed. |
| Description |
x, 406 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : Knopf, 2009. With new epilogue. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A scandal for our time -- Looking down on the Capitol -- The art of self-invention -- A Washington that worked -- A new kind of business -- Corrupt or correct? -- Earmarks become routine -- A great awakening -- A marriage unravels -- "Would that be proper?" -- A money machine -- Disaster averted -- Tricks of the lobbying trade -- The new technology of politics -- Disorder in the House -- Becoming a conglomerate -- Influencing policy for profit -- Public service, private rewards -- Radical ends, radical means -- Cash cow on the Potomac -- Elections bought and sold -- Politics, then government -- Hard times -- A corroded culture. |
| Subject |
Lobbying -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
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United States. Congress -- Ethics.
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Political corruption -- United States.
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Cassidy, Gerald S. J.
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United States -- Politics and government.
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| ISBN |
9780307385888 |
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0307385884 |
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