politburos, 13

politicians

private gain / life, 3, 10, 15–16, 19–20, 39–40, 42–44, 46, 52, 58, 72, 81–82, 85, 100, 105–106, 108, 137, 148, 160, 166, 181, 210

public favor, 23

public life, 11, 19, 24, 65, 88, 127, 185, 281

political corruption

acute, 3–4, 48, 212

appearance of, 211–214, 217, 224, 229, 232, 234–235

defi nition, 3, 16, 46, 66, 72–74, 105, 136

individual, 3

“influence market,”, 24

reactions of Americans, 10

remedies, 10, 20–21, 255

response, 10

results of, 13

systemic, 3–4, 11, 15, 212–213, 217–218, 221, 229, 232–235

political culture, 10–11, 17, 19, 21, 23, 29, 120

political offi ce, 47–49, 55–56, 259, 307

polls, 12, 19, 25, 43, 193, 217, 245–247, 255–262, 264, 283, 285–287, 289, 291–292, 298, 312, 320

Powell, Colin, 48–49

power

abuse, 10, 15, 40

citizen, 45

presidents. See Bush, George W.; Carter, Jimmy; Clinton, William Jefferson; Grant, Ulysses S.; Harding, Warren G.; Johnson, Lyndon B.; Nixon, Richard; Obama, Barack; Reagan, Ronald; Wilson, Woodrow

press .See also media, 12, 41, 77, 110, 153–154, 158–159, 199, 214, 246, 248, 261, 320

private gain, 39, 42–44, 46, 58, 72, 100, 105, 210, 284

Process of Government: A Study of

Social Pressures, 28

Progressives, 4, 143, 307

public

good, 26–27, 48, 102, 172, 195, 197, 199–201, 206n48, 246, 275

offi ce, 10, 39–40, 42–44, 46–47, 49, 58, 100, 122, 185, 187, 247

opinion, 15, 49, 150, 157, 190, 193, 245, 276, 280–281, 283–284, 286, 298, 306, 312

policy, 25, 66, 179–180, 183–187, 189, 192, 195, 200, 313, 321

relations, 157, 190–191, 233

Puritanism, 19

racketeering, 1, 215

Ramachandran, Vilayanur S., 120

rational choice theory, 112–114

Rawls, John, 80, 113–114, 128n37, 129n41

Reagan, Ronald (president), 2, 5, 77, 136, 158–161, 164–166, 168, 171, 283

Reconstruction, 21

reform, 3–4, 6, 10, 13–14, 20–27, 29, 178, 180–181, 187, 226, 237n10, 256, 276, 299, 306–316, 318–324

representatives, 13, 32n24, 45, 48–49, 52–58, 110, 164, 179, 206n46, 246, 293, 316–317