Chapter III: Corruption: a Persistent Problem

OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE

Extreme consequences of corruption 81

Less extreme consequences of corruption: recovery from
corrupt conditions 82

The continuing character of the problem of corruption 85

Disappearance of certain forms of corruption; changes
of form of corruption 88

Subsidies from foreign monarchs 89

Influence of royal mistresses 90

Lord Bacon’s case 90

Pepys and the acceptance of presents 93

Corruption and the administrative service appointments 95

Recent changes in the forms of municipal corruption 98

Limitation of corruption to certain branches or spheres
of government 100

In local government only, in central government only 100

Middle grade of Japanese officials 102

Limitation of corruption in amount 105

Contractual character of most corruption 106

Prudential considerations restraining corruptionists 107

Summary 109