On Corruption in America: And What Is at Stake
On Corruption in America: And What Is at Stake is a non-fiction book by an author, journalist, and international expert on corruption, Sarah Chayes about corruption in the United States. The book was released on November 16, 2021. In this book, Chayes writes about how corrupt systems are organized, laws are changed by bad actors to cover their crimes, and the government is determined by these same bad actors. Author Sarah Chayes (born March 5, 1962) is a former senior associate in the Democracy and Rule of Law Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former reporter for National Public Radio, she also served as special advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. At Carnegie, Chase has launched a project on corruption and security, in which he analyzes the structure of authoritarian governments around the world, corruption, and its consequences, the impact of corruption on the possibility of creating crises such as terrorism, revolutions, and their violent consequences, and environmental destruction. He has done considerable field research on this topic. She received the Radcliffe College History Prize in 1984, Foreign Press Club and Sigma Delta Chi awards (together with other members of the NPR team)