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Despite being Africa's largest economy and most populous country, with abundant natural resources, Nigeria still faces substantial development challenges. This book argues that corruption lies at the heart of many of the country's problems.
Drawing on a range of different disciplinary perspectives, this volume explores the relationship between corruption and development, investigating the causes, contexts, and consequences of corruption, and the pathways for addressing it. As well as covering the wider background and theory surrounding corruption in the country, the book will investigate different sectors: the media, the judiciary, the health sector, industry, the criminal justice system, and of course politics and governance. The book concludes by considering attitudes and perceptions to corruption within Nigeria, current approaches to countering corruption, and future pathways to addressing the problem.
This book's critical investigation of the links between corruption and development in Nigeria will be of interest to researchers of corruption, development and African Studies, as well as to policy makers, practitioners, and local stakeholders.
List of contents
Part One: Theory and Background 1. Why Study Corruption in Nigeria: Perspectives in Scale and Outcomes 2. Historical-Contemporary Currents in Corruption and Development in Nigeria 3. Corruption as a National Calamity in Nigeria: A Variance Based Partial Least Square Analysis 4. Public Corruption Encounters in Nigeria, 2016-2019 Part Two: Sectors and Case Studies 5. Rule of Law? Breakdown of Social Contract and Corruption of Development in Nigeria 6. Media and Corruption 7. Judicial Corruption in Nigeria 8. Corruption, Violent Crime and Underdevelopment in the Niger-Delta Region 9. Governance, Leadership and Corruption 10. Parasitic Medical Paternalism: A Gaze into Corruption in the Nigerian Health Sector 11. Industrial Corruption and the Underdevelopment of Nigeria 12. Corruption and the Criminal Justice System Ekwuore 13. Corruption and Development Debacle in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria Part Three: Tackling Corruption 14. Corruption Dynamics and the Intractability of Anti-Graft War 15. Corruption and Anti-corruption Agencies in Nigeria: Attitudes and Perceptions 16. Corruption and Development Consequences in Nigeria: The Way Forward 17. Approaches to Preventing and Fighting Corruption in Nigeria
About the author
Ọláyínká Àkànle is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and a research associate in the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
David O. Nkpe, a doctoral candidate at the University of Ibadan is a Chief Superintendent of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigeria. He received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees in Sociology from University of Jos and City, University of London, respectively.
Summary
This book argues that corruption lies at the heart of many of the Nigeria's problems. This book will be of interest to researchers of corruption, development and African Studies, as well as to policy makers, practitioners, and local stakeholders.
