Corrupt Cities: A Practical Guide to Cure and Prevention

In a previous comment thread, EE mentioned this book as a useful resource for dealing with the culture of corruption in DC. Through Google Books, the entire text is online here: Corrupt Cities: A Practical Guide to Cure and Prevention.

Chapter 3, "Corruption as a System" starts on page 31. As it says on page 32:

Corruption equals monopoly plus discretion of public officials minus accountability.

Chapter 3 describes the system; Chapter 4 is on diagnosis of specific corrupt systems and situations; Chapters 4 and 5 are on overcoming bureaucratic resistance to honesty; and Chapter 5 is on creating a sequenced plan of action to heal corrupted systems, rupture a culture of cynicism, build political momentum and transform city government.

I have always found the public programs where everyone reads the same book to be a bit wanting.

-- "ONE BOOK" READING PROMOTION PROJECTS (Center for the Book, Library of Congress)

For example, I have thought that cities ought to start off with a book like Cities Back from the Edge: New Life for Downtown, in order to explain how urban revitalization works best (although DC doesn't really follow that model).

Clearly, Corrupt Cities: A Practical Guide to Cure and Prevention is another book that needs to be in the rotation...