A social theory of corruption : notes from the Indian subcontinent /

"Law and policy treat corruption as something far less than it truly is. Using India's long history as a case study, Sudhir Chella Rajan argues that corruption is the structure underlying social hierarchy. Throughout history, elites have fixed the rules of the game for their own benefit, e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rajan, Sudhir Chella, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020
Temas:
Corruption > India > History.
Dominance (Psychology) > India > History.
Elite (Social sciences) > India > History.
Corruption > Inde > Histoire.
Dominance (Psychologie) > Histoire.
Élite (Sciences sociales) > Inde > Histoire.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Corruption.
Dominance (Psychology)
Elite (Social sciences)
Social conditions.
India > Social conditions.
Inde > Conditions sociales.
India.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Law and policy treat corruption as something far less than it truly is. Using India's long history as a case study, Sudhir Chella Rajan argues that corruption is the structure underlying social hierarchy. Throughout history, elites have fixed the rules of the game for their own benefit, even as most ordinary people were faithful to life's rubrics"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 365 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674250420
0674250427

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