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Corruption Anthropological Perspectives

Haller Dieter Shore, Cris
Innbundet / 2005 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780745321585
Publisert
2005-05-20
Utgiver
Vendor
Pluto Press
Vekt
485 gr
Høyde
215 mm
Bredde
135 mm
Aldersnivå
Academic, P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
264

Redaktør
Haller Dieter
Shore, Cris

Biographical note

Dieter Haller is Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. His focus is on political anthropology, borderland studies, gender, and the Mediterranean. His books include Corruption (Pluto, 2005). Cris Shore is Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London, and Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study, Central European University. One of his recent publications is The Shapeshifting Crown and he and Susan Wright are co-editors of the Anthropology of Policy book series for Stanford University Press.

Corruption Anthropological Perspectives

Haller Dieter Shore, Cris
Innbundet / 2005 / Engelsk
Haller Dieter Shore, Cris
Innbundet / 2005 / Engelsk
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'Breaks new descriptive and theoretical ground for anthropology'

- William Beeman, Professor of Anthropology, Brown University and Visiting Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology, Stanford University,

'An exceptionally timely anthropological response to an increasingly insistent global discourse of 'good governance', this excellent collection offers fresh and sophisticated perspectives for cross-cultural analysis of the meanings and roles of 'corruption''

- John Gledhill, Max Gluckman Professor of Social Anthropology, The University of Manchester,

Corruption in politics and business is, after war, perhaps the greatest threat to democracy. Academic studies of corruption tend to come from the field of International Relations, analysing systems of formal rules and institutions. This book offers a radically different perspective - it shows how anthropology can throw light on aspects of corruption that remain unexamined in international relations. The contributors reveal how corruption operates through informal rules, personal connections and the wider social contexts that govern everyday practices. They argue that patterns of corruption are part of the fabric of everyday life - wherever we live - and subsequently they are often endemic in our key institutions. The book examines corruption across a range of different contexts from transitional societies such as post-Soviet Russia and Romania, to efforts to reform or regulate institutions that are perceived to be potentially corrupt, such as the European Commission. The book also covers the Enron and WorldCom scandals, the mafia in Sicily and the USA, and the world of anti-corruption as represented by NGOs like Transparency International.
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Shows how corruption operates through informal rules, personal connections and wider social contexts.
1. Sharp Practice: Anthropology and the Study of Corruption by Cris Shore and Dieter Haer Part I. Corruption in ‘Transitional’ Societies 2. The Intersection of Political Corruption and Organized Crime: A Comparison of Palermo, Italy and Youngstown, Ohio. 3. Bribes, Gifts, and Unofficial Payments: Towards an Anthropology of Corruption in Post-Soviet Russia by Michele Rivkin-Fish 4. Corruption as a Transitional Phenomenon: Understanding Endemic Corruption by David Lovell 5. Corruption, Property Restitution, and Romanianness by Filippo M. Zerilli Part II. Institutionalised Corruption and Institutions of Anti-Corruption 6. Integrity Warriors: Global Morality and the Anticorruption Movement in the Balkans by Steven Sampson 7. Culture and Corruption in the EU: reflections on Fraud, Nepotism and Cronyism in the European Commission by Cris Shore 8. Corruption in Corporate America: Enron – Before and After by Carol MacLennan Part III. Narratives and Practices of Everyday of Corruption 9. Narrating the State of Corruption by Akhil Gupta 10.‘Where the Jeeps Come From: Narrations on Corruption in the Alentejo (Southern Portugal) by Dorle Drackle, 11. Citizens despite the State: Everyday corruption and local politics in El Alto, Bolivia by Sian Lazar 12. Afterword: Anthropology and Corruption: the State of the Art by Dorothy Louise Zinn Notes on Contributors Index
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'Breaks new descriptive and theoretical ground for anthropology'

- William Beeman, Professor of Anthropology, Brown University and Visiting Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology, Stanford University,

'An exceptionally timely anthropological response to an increasingly insistent global discourse of 'good governance', this excellent collection offers fresh and sophisticated perspectives for cross-cultural analysis of the meanings and roles of 'corruption''

- John Gledhill, Max Gluckman Professor of Social Anthropology, The University of Manchester,

Corruption in politics and business is, after war, perhaps the greatest threat to democracy. Academic studies of corruption tend to come from the field of International Relations, analysing systems of formal rules and institutions. This book offers a radically different perspective - it shows how anthropology can throw light on aspects of corruption that remain unexamined in international relations. The contributors reveal how corruption operates through informal rules, personal connections and the wider social contexts that govern everyday practices. They argue that patterns of corruption are part of the fabric of everyday life - wherever we live - and subsequently they are often endemic in our key institutions. The book examines corruption across a range of different contexts from transitional societies such as post-Soviet Russia and Romania, to efforts to reform or regulate institutions that are perceived to be potentially corrupt, such as the European Commission. The book also covers the Enron and WorldCom scandals, the mafia in Sicily and the USA, and the world of anti-corruption as represented by NGOs like Transparency International.
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Shows how corruption operates through informal rules, personal connections and wider social contexts.
1. Sharp Practice: Anthropology and the Study of Corruption by Cris Shore and Dieter Haer Part I. Corruption in ‘Transitional’ Societies 2. The Intersection of Political Corruption and Organized Crime: A Comparison of Palermo, Italy and Youngstown, Ohio. 3. Bribes, Gifts, and Unofficial Payments: Towards an Anthropology of Corruption in Post-Soviet Russia by Michele Rivkin-Fish 4. Corruption as a Transitional Phenomenon: Understanding Endemic Corruption by David Lovell 5. Corruption, Property Restitution, and Romanianness by Filippo M. Zerilli Part II. Institutionalised Corruption and Institutions of Anti-Corruption 6. Integrity Warriors: Global Morality and the Anticorruption Movement in the Balkans by Steven Sampson 7. Culture and Corruption in the EU: reflections on Fraud, Nepotism and Cronyism in the European Commission by Cris Shore 8. Corruption in Corporate America: Enron – Before and After by Carol MacLennan Part III. Narratives and Practices of Everyday of Corruption 9. Narrating the State of Corruption by Akhil Gupta 10.‘Where the Jeeps Come From: Narrations on Corruption in the Alentejo (Southern Portugal) by Dorle Drackle, 11. Citizens despite the State: Everyday corruption and local politics in El Alto, Bolivia by Sian Lazar 12. Afterword: Anthropology and Corruption: the State of the Art by Dorothy Louise Zinn Notes on Contributors Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780745321585
Publisert
2005-05-20
Utgiver
Vendor
Pluto Press
Vekt
485 gr
Høyde
215 mm
Bredde
135 mm
Aldersnivå
Academic, P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
264

Redaktør
Haller Dieter
Shore, Cris

Biographical note

Dieter Haller is Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. His focus is on political anthropology, borderland studies, gender, and the Mediterranean. His books include Corruption (Pluto, 2005). Cris Shore is Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London, and Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study, Central European University. One of his recent publications is The Shapeshifting Crown and he and Susan Wright are co-editors of the Anthropology of Policy book series for Stanford University Press.

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