Corporate municipal rule enabled corruption that individuals could not sustain
Evidence
This coping strategy, for example, virtually precludes participation in collectivized forms of agency that aggregate and depersonalize and limits transactions in symbolic wealth effected by faceless market mechanisms. In complex labor markets, one can still find the dedicated family doctor among the one-shot specialists and interchangeable HMO staff physicians, the loyal attorney among the anonymous collection of law firm associates and the highly turned-over stable of franchised legal-clinic lawyers, the trusted neighborhood mechanic among the AAMCO transmission and Midas muffler shops, and other familiar specialists who provide ongoing expertise to meet individualized needs (however, see Stinchcombe 1984, pp. 864-65). But analogous long-term relationships with trusted bankers, stockbrokers, insurance agents, and others (who usually represent huge corporations that merge and divest or shift their management and ownership and, therefore, their “identities,” and who often act as intermediaries between still other faceless individuals and corporations) merely provide a personalized smokescreen for inherently collective forms of action. — Shapiro, Susan P., The Social Control of Impersonal Trust, 43 (
#exemplifies, via linked claim)
For decades, the concept of corruption often has been reduced to a mere synonym for low-level public officials receiving bribes. … It sees corruption not only as a cause but also as a symptom of democratic failure. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 1523 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Structural corruption leads to democratic failure and social domination. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 1523; Corruption is both a cause and symptom of democratic failure. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 1523; Structural corruption reflects misuse of power and privilege in society. (+2 more)
Related
- Personal trust fails where trust must cross corporate intermediaries. (similarity 0.83)
- Structural corruption leads to democratic failure and social domination. (similarity 0.79)
- Political corruption routinely afflicts poor, disenfranchised cities (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Personal trust fails where trust must cross corporate intermediaries.
#exemplifies(0.85) — Shapiro, Susan P., The Social Control of Impersonal Trust, 43 - Structural corruption leads to democratic failure and social domination.
#corroborates(0.82) — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 1523 - Structural corruption reflects misuse of power and privilege in society.
#expands(0.80) - Corruption is both a cause and symptom of democratic failure.
#corroborates(0.75) — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 1523