Machiavelli and Corruption: Assessing the Role of Machiavelli’s Theory to Democracies and Non-Democracies

• In Event: Political Corruption and Decline

Brief Overview

Machiavelli’s combined analysis from The Prince and Discourses shows that the power dynamics (and the threat of corruption found) within both democracies and non-democracies are not mutually exclusive; arguably they are two sides to the same coin.

Author

• Carol R. Strong, University of Arkansas at Monticello