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Indonesia. Mexico. RAE10_1_1.PDF (application/pdf-Objekt) Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2005: Lessons of ... Globalpublicgoods.pdf (application/pdf-Objekt) Nigeria. Lobbyist Jack Abramoff -- A Washington Post Special Report. The Fast Rise and Steep Fall of Jack Abramoff. Jack Abramoff liked to slip into dialogue from "The Godfather" as he led his lobbying colleagues in planning their next conquest on Capitol Hill. In a favorite bit, he would mimic an ice-cold Michael Corleone facing down a crooked politician's demand for a cut of Mafia gambling profits: "Senator, you can have my answer now if you like.

My offer is this: nothing. " The playacting provided a clue to how Abramoff saw himself -- the power behind the scenes who directed millions of dollars in Indian gambling proceeds to favored lawmakers, the puppet master who pulled the strings of officials in key places, the businessman who was building an international casino empire. Abramoff is the central figure in what could become the biggest congressional corruption scandal in generations. Justice Department prosecutors are pressing him and his lawyers to settle fraud and bribery allegations by the end of this week, sources knowledgeable about the case said. Abramoff, now 47, had mammoth ambitions. Our Corrupt Politics: It’s Not All Money by Ezra Klein. Capitol Punishment: The Hard Truth About Washington Corruption from America’s Most Notorious Lobbyist by Jack Abramoff Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It by Lawrence Lessig Twelve, 317 pp., $26.99 In 1982, Mississippi senator John Stennis was chairman of the Armed Services Committee.

Stennis was a senator of the old school—literally. Reflects a change in norms. Crucially, those limits were not always legal. “Would that be proper?” Abramoff lobbied for the Northern Mariana Islands, which sought exemption from certain labor rules for a variety of Native American tribes, which sought to continue a low-regulation, low-tax environment for their casinos, and for defense contractor Tyco, which wanted a tax cut. Abramoff might be the most prominent example of the corruption that has infected our political system, but he is not the best example of it.

“The ordinary lobbyist today is a Boy Scout compared with the criminal of the nineteenth century,” Lessig writes. Political corruption: Jack the giant-killer. Jack Abramoff: The lobbyist's playbook. (CBS News) Jack Abramoff, the notorious former lobbyist at the center of Washington's biggest corruption scandal in decades, spent more than three years in prison for his crimes. Now a free man, he reveals how he was able to influence politicians and their staffers through generous gifts and job offers.

He tells Lesley Stahl the reforms instituted in the wake of his scandal have had little effect. The following is a script of "The Lobbyist's Playbook" which originally aired on Nov. 6, 2011 and was rebroadcast on July 8, 2012. Lesley Stahl is the correspondent. Ira Rosen, producer. Jack Abramoff may be the most notorious and crooked lobbyist of our time. He was at the center of a massive scandal of brazen corruption and influence peddling. As we first reported last November, it all came crashing down six years ago when Jack Abramoff pled guilty to corrupting public officials, tax evasion, and fraud; and served three and a half years in prison.

Abramoff: As I look back it was effective. Casino Jack and the United States of Money (2010. Sigrun M Wagner PhD 15062011.pdf (application/pdf-Objekt) Money in Politics -- See Who's Giving & Who's Getting. Über welche Partei möchten Sie mehr erfahren? - Politische Datenbank - Parteienfinanzierung - Parteispenden - Parteifinanzierung. Diese Seiten befassen sich mit dem Thema der und insbesondere dem Thema .

Ab dem Jahr 2000 sind Großpenden von von mehr als 20.000 € in dieser Datenbank erfasst. Die Daten stammen aus den Rechenschaftsberichten der Parteien, in denen die Spenden unter Angabe des Spenders und der Spendensumme, veröffentlicht werden. Welches Gewicht die Grosspenden bei den gesamten Spendeneinnahmen haben ist hierbei von Partei zu Partei unterschiedlich.

[mehr...] Auf den Seiten der taz ist seit Juni 2011 eine weitere Datenbank zum Thema Parteispenden zu finden. Der Bundestag veröffentlich Großspenden ab 50.000 Euro mittlerweile auch in einer " Datenbank " wobei diese ihren Namen kaum verdient. Wünschen Sie mehr Transparenz bei Parteispenden? Für das Sponsoring von Parteien die gleichen Veröffentlichungspflichten gelten wie für Parteispenden, Parteispenden und Sponsoring auf maximal 50.000 Euro pro Jahr und Konzern, Unternehmen, Verband bzw. Erfasste Großspenden ab 20.000 € {*style:<b>Anzahl der. Index_2012.pdf (application/pdf-Objekt) Corruption Perceptions Index: Transparency International. Public outcry at corruption, impunity and economic instability sent shockwaves around the world in 2011. Protests in many countries quickly spread to unite people from all parts of society.

Their backgrounds may be diverse, but their message is the same: more transparency and accountability is needed from our leaders. The 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index shows that public frustration is well founded. No region or country in the world is immune to the damages of corruption, the vast majority of the 183 countries and territories assessed score below five on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 10 (very clean.) New Zealand, Denmark and Finland top the list, while North Korea and Somalia are at the bottom. The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries and territories according to their perceived levels of public sector corruption.

It is an aggregate indicator that combines different sources of information about corruption, making it possible to compare countries. Doing Business 2012 - Doing Business in a More Transparent World. GCR_Report_2011-12.pdf (application/pdf-Objekt) Davon geht die Welt nicht unter - Informationen aus Logistik und Transport auf der DVZ.de. Logistik als Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe - Informationen aus Logistik und Transport auf der DVZ.de. Managing regulation.pdf (application/pdf-Objekt) DSpace the Department of Public Relations and Communication: Effective government affairs in an era of marketization: strategic issues management, business lobbying, and relationship management by multinational corporations in China.