"In an intriguing and provocative bookan important thesis. An important addition to libraries serving both academic and general readers."--Choice
This book is an important and very relevant study of corruption which is ever present in political life. Girling demonstrates that corruption does not disappear as countries develop and modernize, but rather that corruption takes on new forms.
Comprises a critical evaluation of Marxist, Gramscian and pluralist theories of social development. This book presents a debate between Marxism and pluralism - on the themes of accumulation, power, legitimacy - resulting in convergence.