How Corrupt is Britain?

David Whyte is Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Liverpool where he researches issues related to corporate violence and corporate corruption. He is the co-editor of How Corrupt is Britain? (Pluto, 2015) and The Violence of Austerity (Pluto, 2017).

• Preface by Will McMahonAcknowledgements Introduction: A Very British Corruption - David WhytePart I: Neoliberalism and Corruption1. Moving Beyond a Narrow Definition of Corruption - David Beetham2. The New Normal: Moral Economies in the ‘Age of Fraud’ - Jörg Wiegratz3. Neoliberalism, Politics and Institutional Corruption: Against the ‘Institutional Malaise’ - David MillerPart II: Corruption in Policing4. Policed by Consent? The Myth and the Betrayal - Phil Scraton5. Hillsborough: The Long Struggle to Expose Police Corruption - Sheila Coleman 6. Justice Denied: Police Accountability and the Killing of Mark Duggan - Joanna Gilmore and Waqas TufailPart III: Corruption in Government and Public Institutions7. British State Torture: From ‘Search and Try’ to ‘Hide and Lie’ - Paul O’Connor8. The Return of the Repressed: Secrets, Lies, Denial and ‘Historical’ Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Scandals - Chris Greer and Eugene McLaughlin9. Politics, Government and Corruption: The Case of the Private Finance Initiative - Michael Mair and Paul Jones10. Revolving-Door Politics and Corruption - Stuart Wilks-HeegPart IV: Corruption in Finance and the Corporate Sector11. On Her Majesty's Secrecy Service - John Christensen12. Accounting for Corruption in the ‘Big Four’ Accountancy Firms - Prem Sikka13. Corporate Theft and Impunity in Financial Services - Steve Tombs14. High Pay and Corruption - Luke HildyardList of ContributorsIndex

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