{"product_id":"corrupt-illinois-thomas-j-gradel-9780252078552","title":"Corrupt Illinois: Patronage, Cronyism, and Criminality","description":"Public funds spent on jets and horses. Shoeboxes stuffed with embezzled cash. Ghost payrolls and incarcerated ex-governors. Illinois' culture of \"Where's mine?\" and the public apathy it engenders has made our state and local politics a disgrace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eCorrupt Illinois\u003c\/i\u003e, veteran political observers Thomas J. Gradel and Dick Simpson take aim at business-as-usual. Naming names, the authors lead readers through a gallery of rogues and rotten apples to illustrate how generations of chicanery have undermined faith in, and hope for, honest government. From there, they lay out how to implement institutional reforms that provide accountability and eradicate the favoritism, sweetheart deals, and conflicts of interest corroding our civic life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCorrupt Illinois lays out a blueprint to transform our politics from a pay-to-play-driven marketplace into what it should be: an instrument of public good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas J. Gradel, Dick Simpson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252078551\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252078552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Thomas J. Gradel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946371023103,"sku":"9780252078552","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0da51d0a-fba6-4416-8aff-d64fe96af68f.jpg?v=1681512764","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/corrupt-illinois-thomas-j-gradel-9780252078552","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}