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Moral Economies of Corruption : State Formation and Political Culture in Nigeria /

Nigeria is famous for "419" e-mails asking recipients for bank account information and for scandals involving the disappearance of billions of dollars from government coffers. Corruption permeates even minor official interactions, from traffic control to university admissions. In Moral Eco...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pierce, Steven (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Corruption > Nigeria.
Political culture > Nigeria.
HISTORY / Africa / West.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • Maps
  • Introduction: Corruption Discourse and the Performance of Politics
  • Part I. From Caliphate to Federal Republic
  • 1 A Tale of Two Emirs
  • 2 The Political Time
  • 3 Oil and the "Army Arrangement"
  • Part II. Corruption, Nigeria, and the Moral Imagination
  • 4 Moral Economies of Corruption
  • 5 Nigerian Corruption and the Limits of the State
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index