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PA: Corruption a keystone of state government, prof says

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Corruption a keystone of state government, prof says By Brad Bumsted and Brian Bowling TRIBUNE-REVIEW Saturday, December 20, 2008 HARRISBURG -- Pennsylvania is one of just a few states where corrupt government is ingrained in the culture. That's the view of Christopher Borick, a political science professor at Muhlenberg College in Allentown. Historically, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Louisiana and Pennsylvania -- states where government to varying degrees embodies "machine politics" -- have had high-profile corruption cases and a populace largely tolerant of corrupt officials, Borick said. "It's part of the broader culture of how politics operates in these places. It's passed down from one generation to another. It's almost an expectation that 'This is the way it's done,' " Borick said...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 28, 2008 (boomark / email).