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

Miller, Ruth Austin, 1975-

The erotics of corruption : law, scandal, and political perversion / Ruth A. Miller. - Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©2008. - 1 online resource (xxv, 214 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-208) and index.

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.

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Political corruption.
Sexual ethics.
Corruption (Politique)
Morale sexuelle.
TRUE CRIME--General.
Political corruption.
Sexual ethics.


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