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A culture of corruption : everyday deception and popular discontent in Nigeria /
"E-mails proposing an 'urgent business relationship' help make fraud Nigeria's largest source of foreign revenue after oil. But scams are also a central part of Nigeria's domestic cultural landscape. Corruption is so widespread in Nigeria that its citizens call it simply �...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford :
Princeton University Press,
2008.
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| Colección: | Anthropology online.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Inroduction
- "Urgent business relationship": Nigerian e-mail scams
- From favoritism to 419: corruption in everyday life
- Development scams: donors, dollars, and NGO entrepreneurs
- "Fair play even among robbers": democracy, politics, and corruption
- Rumors, riots, and diabolical rituals
- "They became the criminals they were supposed to fight": crime, corruption, and vigilante justice
- Anticorruption aspirations: Biafrans and born-again Christians
- Conclusion.