A Culture of Corruption : Everyday Deception and Popular Discontent in Nigeria /
"A Culture of Corruption is a profound and sympathetic attempt to understand the dilemmas average Nigerians face every day as they try to get ahead - or just survive - in a society riddled with corruption." "Drawing on firsthand experience, Daniel Jordan Smith paints a vivid portrait...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2007.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "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.