Title: Everyday corruption and the state
First published: 2006
Description: Daily life in Africa is governed by the?petty? corruption of public officials in services such as health, transport, or the judicial system. This remarkable study of everyday corruption in three African countries investigates the reasons for its extraordinary prevalence. The authors construct an illuminating analytical framework around the various forms of corruption, the corruptive strategies public officials resort to, and how these forms and strategies have become embedded in daily administrative practices. They investigate the roots of the system in the growing inability of weakened state.
Subjects: Political corruption, Judicial corruption, Development studies
Places: Africa
LC classification: JQ1875.A55 C6358 2006