Authority stealing
Subtitle: anti-corruption war and democratic politics in post-military Nigeria
By: Wale Adebanwi
Series: African world series; Carolina Academic Press African world series
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781611630237
Subjects: Political corruption; Politics and government; Nigeria; Corruption investigation; Nigeria. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface : 'You be thief!'; title: Introduction : corruption and democracy; title: No longer at ease; title: An advance on fraud; title: Dealing with deals; title: Lugard's pendulum; title: A rebel in the house of Lugard; title: Authority stealing; title: 'Ode to the maggots': Ghana-must-go; title: Warrants of sleaze; title: The politics of corruption; title: A paradise for maggots; title: The vernaculars of corruption; title: A tale of two 'Kanganese'; title: Dreams die first?; title: The space he left behind.