Everyday Corruption and the State: citizens and public officials in Africa

It argues diat efforts to combat corruption often misunderstand its pervasiveness in everyday life and ignore the communal complicity of different actors who resort to corruption as a way of coping amidst administrative confusion and the dysfunction of public services. Analysis of these procedures c...

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Published in:Africa 2007, Vol.77 (4), p.609-610
Main Author: Mann, Laura
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa
African studies
Citizenship
Construction companies
Contract negotiations
Corruption
Informal economy
Nonfiction
Political corruption
Political culture
Reviews of Books
Social conditions
Social networks
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Summary:It argues diat efforts to combat corruption often misunderstand its pervasiveness in everyday life and ignore the communal complicity of different actors who resort to corruption as a way of coping amidst administrative confusion and the dysfunction of public services. Analysis of these procedures complements work on the African informal economy which presents social networks in informal economies as a form of alternative regulation which transcends official written rules and norms but nevertheless forms the basis of everyday economic interaction.
ISSN:0001-9720
1750-0184
DOI:10.3366/afr.2007.77.4.609