Political corruption routinely afflicts poor, disenfranchised cities

Evidence

Of course, political corruption is not unique to a city like Chester. Poor, disenfranchised cities are known to have a history of corruption in city government. — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 972

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Corporate municipal rule enabled corruption that individuals could not sustain; 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 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Corporate municipal rule enabled corruption that individuals could not sustain #expands (0.82)
• Corruption in Saigon was a crippling malignancy for governance. #exemplifies (0.82) — Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, 1485
• Structural corruption leads to democratic failure and social domination. #expands (0.80) — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 1523
• Moses centralized scattered corruption into a force that bent city government. #exemplifies (0.80) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 95
• Corruption is both a cause and symptom of democratic failure. #expands (0.78) — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 1523
• The Italian trusteeship normalized corruption in the South #exemplifies (0.78) — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 726
• Large-scale corruption builds incrementally from small moral compromises #expands (0.75)
• Structural corruption reflects misuse of power and privilege in society. #complicates (0.72)