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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Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
Language: | English |
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Duke University Press
2016
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Summary: | 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. |
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Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (328 p.) |
ISBN: | book.64130 9780822374541 |
Access: | Open Access |