A Culture of Corruption – Everyday Deception and Popular Discontent in Nigeria
Autor Daniel Jordan Smithen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 apr 2008
Drawing on firsthand experience, Daniel Jordan Smith paints a vivid portrait of Nigerian corruption--of nationwide fuel shortages in Africa's oil-producing giant, Internet cafs where the young launch their e-mail scams, checkpoints where drivers must bribe police, bogus organizations that siphon development aid, and houses painted with the fraud-preventive words "not for sale." This is a country where "419"--the number of an antifraud statute--has become an inescapable part of the culture, and so universal as a metaphor for deception that even a betrayed lover can say, "He played me 419." It is impossible to comprehend Nigeria today--from vigilantism and resurgent ethnic nationalism to rising Pentecostalism and accusations of witchcraft and cannibalism--without understanding the role played by corruption and popular reactions to it.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780691136479
ISBN-10: 0691136475
Pagini: 296
Ilustrații: 10 halftones.
Dimensiuni: 157 x 234 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: Princeton University Press
Locul publicării:Princeton, United States
ISBN-10: 0691136475
Pagini: 296
Ilustrații: 10 halftones.
Dimensiuni: 157 x 234 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: Princeton University Press
Locul publicării:Princeton, United States
Notă biografică
Daniel Jordan Smith is associate professor of anthropology at Brown University. He has worked in Nigeria since the late 1980s, first as a public health adviser with a nongovernmental organization and later as an anthropologist.
Descriere
Attempts to understand the dilemmas average Nigerians face every day as they try to get ahead - or just survive - in a society riddled with corruption. This book paints a portrait of Nigerian corruption - of nationwide fuel shortages in Africa's oil-producing giant, Internet cafes where the young launch their e-mail scams, and more.