{"product_id":"american-corruption-talk-robert-g-boatright-9781439916889","title":"American Corruption Talk: A Political Etymology","description":"Americans often worry about political corruption--not only about specific officials misusing their powers, but also more broadly about political, cultural, moral decay or deterioration. Underneath our talk about corruption lie deeper claims and concerns about how we organize our common life. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Corruption Talk\u003c\/i\u003e presents a study of corruption and corruption talk that seeks to understand those deeper claims and concerns. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Robert Boatright and Molly Brigid McGrath focus on the role corruption talk plays in American political discourse. They distinguish between two ways people speak about corruption--corruption talk in the style of a purifier, who wishes to expunge the evil forces or drain the swamp, and corruption talk in the style of the mender, who thinks of managing, replacing, or repairing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Corruption Talk\u003c\/i\u003e begins by tracing how the concept of political corruption was developed by philosophers and political thinkers, leading up to its use in the American context, especially in the Progressive Era. It also compares modes of contemporary corruption talk in different areas of public life. In doing so, the authors hope to resolve confusion and partisan disagreements about what corruption is and to discourage the tendency to label actions, events, and ideas that we merely disagree with as corrupt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert G. Boatright,Molly Brigid McGrath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439916888\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439916889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Robert G. Boatright","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47520392741119,"sku":"9781439916889","price":125.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4998a16-10b2-451e-a424-ca3d59b78ef5.jpg?v=1762885284","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-corruption-talk-robert-g-boatright-9781439916889","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}