Essays on Corruption

In the book ‘The White Tiger’ by Aravind Adiga, it shows that corruption is inescapable in modern India, corruption is portrayed in the novel through many instances. In the novel ‘The White Tiger,’ it tells us about Balram’s life experiences as a self-declared “self-made entrepreneur.”...

The term ‘The Underground Economy’ or as we commonly know it ‘The Black Market’ can trace its roots all the way back to after World War 1. However, it can also be argued that the black market officially existed the moment currency or goods were...

History has always been my favorite subject out of every other subject that I’ve experienced. Learning about the different topics within different events in history is what makes me learn a lot more about what other people have gone through. People have gone from a...

The Jungle, a timeless piece made famous by its gruesome yet addictive content, is considered a nationwide classic. With background from the vintage, appalling, meatpacking industry, the novel provides a first hand view of what went on in the early 1900s in the meat packing...

The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair is a novel written in 1906 detailing the life and conditions that people in the early twentieth experienced. It more specifically details the experiences of Jurgis Rudkus and his family as they leave from Lithuania to the United States in...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau claims that human beings are inherently good, but society ultimately corrupts them. However, if society is comprised of inherently good individuals, then how can society become corrupt in the first place? Rousseau answers this question and defends his central claim through his writings...

Political corruption is commonplace in Italian and Chilean history. The effects can be traced from the period of 1990-2010 and to this day some citizens do not trust their government. It is easy for a government official to abuse their power to satisfy their personal...

The word corruption is derived from the Latin word ‘corrupts,’ which means ‘corrupted’ and in legal terms, the abuse of a trusted position in one of the branches of power (executive, legislative and judicial) or in political or other organizations with the intention of obtaining...

Political life is dynamic, diverse and complex, and institutions are emerging and functioning here that are of fundamental importance for the political development of society, the state and the individual. They become especially important in the conditions of an unstable, indefinite, imitating state of political...

A problem in our society today that has been a problem throughout history is corruption in politics. Through the television series, House of Cards, the main actor Kevin Spacey plays the role of Francis Underwood. His character makes his way through politics as House Majority...