The Continuing Saga of Municipal Reform: New York City and the Politics of Ethics Law
Type of Work
Article
Date
1992
Journal Title
Urban Affairs Quarterly
Journal ISSN
0042-0816
Journal Volume
27
Journal Issue
4
First Page
580
Last Page
603
DOI
10.1177/004208169202700405
Abstract
Governmental responses to corruption are embedded in urban politics and public administration. Rather than attempting a general theory of official corruption in local government, the authors present a case study of New York City's response to a severe corruption scandal in the late 1980s. They show how public administration is driven by responses to scandals and attempts to deter them. Ethics reform from the Progressive Era to the present fit into three ideal-typical anticorruption strategies. The authors explain how these strategies have changed over time and focus particularly on the increasing dominance of the crime-control strategy.
Citation Information
Anechiarico, Frank and Jacobs, James B., "The Continuing Saga of Municipal Reform: New York City and the Politics of Ethics Law" (1992). Hamilton Digital Commons.
https://digitalcommons.hamilton.edu/articles/165
Hamilton Areas of Study
Government, Public Policy