This volume presents a critical anthropological perspective on the hidden continuities between corruption and law. The authors argue that the two opposites, corruption and law, are inextricably linked, the possibility of the former already inscribed into the latter. The book takes a critical stance towards the normative good governance agenda spearheaded by institutions such as Transparency International and the World Bank. It is argued that by uncritically depicting corruption as an absolute evil these anti-corrutption programs disregard the close relationship that exists between corruption and state power."Corruption and the Secret of Law" addresses various aspects of a complex and ambivalent phenomenon drawing on studies from different parts of the world including Burundi, China, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico and the USA. The work provides a valuable resource for students, researchers and policy-makers working in this area.
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Monique Nuijten is Associate Professor in Rural Development Sociology at Wageningen University and Research Center, The Netherlands. Gerhard Anders is Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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reversible destiny, national water agency, imagined state, Jesús López, guanxi practice, corruption narratives, sugarcane refinery, everyday corruption, emotional indebtedness, criminal intimidation, legitimizing discourses, emic descriptions, corruption accusations, systemic corruption, collaborative ethnography, hidden continuities, corrupting practices, hall operator, corrupt transactions, smuggling organizations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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There is more to corruption than the mere transgression of rules governing the conduct of public officials. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
reversible destiny, national water agency, imagined state, Jesús López, guanxi practice, corruption narratives, sugarcane refinery, everyday corruption, emotional indebtedness, criminal intimidation, legitimizing discourses, emic descriptions, corruption accusations, systemic corruption, collaborative ethnography, hidden continuities, corrupting practices, hall operator, corrupt transactions, smuggling organizations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Border Patrol, Olivier de Sardan, Cambridge University Press, Public Prosecutor, Political Corruption, University of California Press, United States, Hong Kong, American Ethnologist, Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, Duke University Press, World Bank, Supreme Court, Stanford University Press, Transparency International, Current Anthropology, Indiana University Press, Amien Rais, Politique Africaine, Pluto Press, University of Chicago Press, Cornell University Press, Tidjani Alou Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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