Moral Economies of Corruption

Nigeria is famous for "419" emails asking recipients for bank account information and for scandals involving the disappearance of billions of dollars from government coffers. Corruption permeates even minor official interactions, from traffic control to university admissions. In Moral Econ...

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Autor principal: Pierce, Steven (auth)
Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Duke University Press 2016
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Sumario:Nigeria is famous for "419" emails asking recipients for bank account information and for scandals involving the disappearance of billions of dollars from government coffers. Corruption permeates even minor official interactions, from traffic control to university admissions. In Moral Economies of Corruption Steven Pierce provides a cultural history of the last 150 years of corruption in Nigeria as a case study for considering how corruption plays an important role in the processes of political change in all states.
Descripción Física:1 electronic resource (328 p.)
ISBN:book.64130
9780822374541
Acceso:Open Access