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The erotics of corruption : law, scandal, and political perversion /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Ruth Austin, 1975-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Political corruption.
Sexual ethics.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Corruption, democracy, and the colony
  • A vocabulary of corruption
  • Theoretical framework
  • An overview
  • Conclusion
  • Political corruption as sexual deviance : a literature review
  • The body politic
  • The developing state and its infantile transgression
  • Striptease : political transparency and self-regarding behavior
  • Incest, cannibalism, and corporate responsibility
  • Conclusion
  • Celebrating the corrupt leader
  • Pornography and testimony
  • Getting to know Abdul and Saddam
  • Developing state, developing star
  • Body doubles and doubled bodies
  • Confession
  • Conclusion
  • Condemning the corrupt system
  • Biopolitical space and totalitarian space
  • Salo : the 120 days of Sodom
  • Bandits and bureaucrats
  • The portable torture nation
  • Bribery, nepotism, and decay
  • Dehumanizing bureaucracies
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion.