Korruption im Kaiserreich

Debatten und Skandale zwischen 1871 und 1914

By (author) Anna Rothfuss

Book cover: Korruption im Kaiserreich

Extent: 376 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: German Studies, Social Sciences , Twentieth- & Twenty-First- Century History

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(April 2019)

ISBN: 9783847109600

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $82.00

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Als fester Bestandteil der politischen Kommunikation wurde Korruptionskommunikation von allen Akteuren gleichermassen instrumentalisiert und ermoglichte es, politische Handlungsspielraume uber verfassungsgegebene Grenzen punktuell zu erweitern. Daruber hinaus zeigt die Autorin, dass sich das normative Urteil uber korrupte Handlungsweisen zunehmend homogenisierte. So waren nicht zuletzt bekannte Namen wie Bismarck oder Krupp in Korruptionsdebatten und -skandale involviert.


Corruption does not exist in the German Empire? Anna Rothfuss questions this common declaration by contemporaries and successfully shows that despite such self-affirmations, German society between 1871 and 1914 talked not only frequently but continuously about corruption. Not least, powerful names such as Bismarck and Krupp were topics of corruption debates and scandals. As an essential component of political communication, all political protagonists instrumentalised communication about corruption, which allowed them to partly expand their scope of action beyond constitutional restrictions. In addition, Rothfuss’ research demonstrates that in parallel the normative judgement of corrupt actions unified over time.

  • By (author) Anna Rothfuss