Corruption, Anti-Corruption, Vigilance, and State Building from Early to Late Modern Times
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Corruption, Anti-Corruption, Vigilance, and State Building from Early to Late Modern Times
About This Book
Corruption, Anti-Corruption, Vigilance, and State Building from Early to Late Modern Times challenges current historiographical approaches, proposing new interpretations to rethink the relation between corruption and the socio-political and economic transformations since early globalisation.
By adopting both transnational and long-term approaches, the book explores the historical dimension of notions such as accountability, transparency, and vigilance in their immediate political, social, and legal contexts. The starting point is to view corruption not as a moral category that emerged in 1789 to delegitimise past, foreign or present state systems, but as a constantly contested concept that must also be historicised in past societies. The collection revisits chronologies and examines different local, regional, and national frames, highlighting that the path to modernity was contested and affected by a variety of unique circumstances, such as revolutions and external political powers.
Building on the latest research and offering new methods of inquiry, this book is a compelling resource for academics interested in political history and the history of corruption.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword: A commentary on corruption and control from the perspective of the Cultures of Vigilance
- Introduction: Corruption and the modernisation of the State: A short introduction to a long-term process (1600–1900)
- Part I Blurred lines: Conceptualising corruption in the early modern era and beyond
- Part II From vigilance to scandal: Performing corruption and anti-corruption
- Part III The divergent routes towards modernity
- Index