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Zusatztext Everyday Corruption and the State provides an icy critique of the factual shortcomings of a literature over-heated by metaphor, and a demonstration of the systematic, pervasive and institutionalized nature of corruption in three West African states. No-one concerned with developmental issues in Africa can ignore or be indifferent to this evidence of the ways public officials routinely deal with their citizens. Informationen zum Autor Dr Giorgio Blundo currently holds a senior position at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Science Sociales at Marseille.Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan is Professor of Anthropology at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Marseilles and Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. Klappentext Presents an analysis of how and why corruption governs everyday life in Africa. This book constructs an analytical frame of reference around the various forms of corruption; the corruptive strategies public officials resort to; and how these forms and strategies are deeply embedded in daily administrative practices. Vorwort Presents an analysis of how and why corruption governs everyday life in Africa. This book constructs an analytical frame of reference around the various forms of corruption; the corruptive strategies public officials resort to; and how these forms and strategies are deeply embedded in daily administrative practices. Zusammenfassung Presents an analysis of how and why corruption governs everyday life in Africa. This book constructs an analytical frame of reference around the various forms of corruption; the corruptive strategies public officials resort to; and how these forms and strategies are deeply embedded in daily administrative practices. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Approach, Method, Summary 1. Introduction: why should we study everyday corruption and how should we go about it? 2. Corruption in Africa and the social sciences: a review of the literature 3. Everyday corruption in West Africa 4. The popular semiology of corruption Part II: Sectoral Studies 5. Corruption in the legal system 6. We don't eat the documents: Corruption in transport, customs and the civil forces 7. Corruption and public procurements 8. Corruption in the health sector Part III: Cross-Disciplinary Topics 9. An independent republic: Everyday corruption in a Senegalese development co-operation programme 10. The war against corruption in Benin, Niger and Senegal: an historical approach...
