The term, political corruption will be seen as something of a tautology by those who associate all politicians with corruption anyway. The saying, 'power corrupts' is proved true almost every day on television news channels dealing with political affairs and in newspapers. Since politicians are defined by their ambitions for power it follows that they are almost inevitably involved in one sort of corruption or another.
There are many interesting books on the topic of how politicians become corrupted. Some start off as primary school teachers, pastors or trade union leaders and within a decade find themselves living it up on the world stage quite oblivious of the sufferings of their countrymen.
Western authors are apt to be scathing about Third World countries that have become the personal fiefdoms of dictators who steadily transfer the wealth of a land into a number of boxes in a Swiss bank vault. The authors may be less forthcoming on the the role of western countries in offering asylum to terrorists who lived quietly in England whilst plotting the violent overthrow and usurpation of power back home.
Political corruption has many guises and hypocrisy is one of them. Politicians feel that they can win respectability and votes by issuing sound bites about human rights and jobs. Apparently principles are easily pushed aside when it comes arms contracts. Large contracts to sell guns and military hardware mean many jobs and is why a country like Britain trades eagerly with other countries that behead people almost every Friday after prayers.
Bribery is not hypocrisy but a close cousin to it. Shortly after a new government was elected in South Africa it was put out by the media that the country was to acquire military equipment, At the time the media remained curiously silent about why the newly democratic country should require military hardware when it had no enemies and very lucrative contracts were handed out to European arms manufacturers. Only after a decent interval of time did the press inform the public of the bribery that had passed between politicians and arms dealers.
Investigative journalism is regarded in some quarters as a good way of combating political corruption. Motivated by the excitement of a scoop and professional advancement some journalists go out of their ways to find salacious stories that will attract readers. Catching powerful politicians off guard can be profitable and entertaining.
Cozy relationships between politicians and journalists since well before the Second World war. Perhaps it is to the benefit of politics that newspapers are rapidly becoming obsolete and being replaced by TV stations and social networking sites. The global public can compare channels across a wide range.
The book publishing industry has joined the paperless revolution in no uncertain fashion. Ebooks, electronic readers and self publishing on the World Wide Web are all seminal changes in the intellectual and social dimensions of the world. It is a world in which political corruption will probably survive, but under different circumstances.
There are many interesting books on the topic of how politicians become corrupted. Some start off as primary school teachers, pastors or trade union leaders and within a decade find themselves living it up on the world stage quite oblivious of the sufferings of their countrymen.
Western authors are apt to be scathing about Third World countries that have become the personal fiefdoms of dictators who steadily transfer the wealth of a land into a number of boxes in a Swiss bank vault. The authors may be less forthcoming on the the role of western countries in offering asylum to terrorists who lived quietly in England whilst plotting the violent overthrow and usurpation of power back home.
Political corruption has many guises and hypocrisy is one of them. Politicians feel that they can win respectability and votes by issuing sound bites about human rights and jobs. Apparently principles are easily pushed aside when it comes arms contracts. Large contracts to sell guns and military hardware mean many jobs and is why a country like Britain trades eagerly with other countries that behead people almost every Friday after prayers.
Bribery is not hypocrisy but a close cousin to it. Shortly after a new government was elected in South Africa it was put out by the media that the country was to acquire military equipment, At the time the media remained curiously silent about why the newly democratic country should require military hardware when it had no enemies and very lucrative contracts were handed out to European arms manufacturers. Only after a decent interval of time did the press inform the public of the bribery that had passed between politicians and arms dealers.
Investigative journalism is regarded in some quarters as a good way of combating political corruption. Motivated by the excitement of a scoop and professional advancement some journalists go out of their ways to find salacious stories that will attract readers. Catching powerful politicians off guard can be profitable and entertaining.
Cozy relationships between politicians and journalists since well before the Second World war. Perhaps it is to the benefit of politics that newspapers are rapidly becoming obsolete and being replaced by TV stations and social networking sites. The global public can compare channels across a wide range.
The book publishing industry has joined the paperless revolution in no uncertain fashion. Ebooks, electronic readers and self publishing on the World Wide Web are all seminal changes in the intellectual and social dimensions of the world. It is a world in which political corruption will probably survive, but under different circumstances.
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