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, even as most ordinary people were faithful to life's rubrics.

About the author

Sudhir Chella Rajan teaches political theory and environmental policy at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. The author of The Enigma of Automobility: Democratic Politics and Pollution Control, he was previously Senior Fellow at the Tellus Institute.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Sudhir Chella Rajan, Rajan Sudhir Chella
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780674241275
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24127-5
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, HISTORY / Asia / General, Crime, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Asian History