Corruption in developing countries. Volume 85 / Ronald Wraith and Edgar Simpkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wraith, Ronald, author.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Development.

Routledge Library Editions: Development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political corruption--Africa.

Political corruption.

Civil service--Africa.

Civil service.

Social classes--Great Britain.

Social classes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxfordshire, England ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P>First published in 1963, this study of corruption in the developing countries of Africa takes as its point of comparison Britain, pre-1880, as the authors question whether Britain's experience in overcoming corruption can throw any light the means of overcoming corruption in contemporary developing countries.</P>

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; CONTENTS; PART I AFRICA, TWENTIETH CENTURY; Foreword; 1. The Problem; 2. Glimpses of Corruption; 3. Tout Comprendre c''est Quelquechose Pardonner; 4. A Question of Loyalties; Postscript; PART II BRITAIN, EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES; 1. The Background; 2. Parliamentary Elections; 3. Influencing Members; 4. Administration and the Civil Service; 5. Local Government; 6. The Law; 7. The Armed Forces; 8. The Church; 9. Education; 10. Commerce and Industry; 11. Science; 12. The Victorian Middle Class

PART III AFRICA, TWENTIETH CENTURY1. First Impressions; 2. Sanctions:; (a) The Sanction of Religion; (b) The Sanction of the Law; 3. Disciplines:; (a) The Discipline of Commerce; (b) The Discipline of the Professions; 4. Uneducated Democracy; 5. Power, Wealth and Status; Conclusion; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 9, 2014).

ISBN:

1-136-85846-6

0-203-83572-7

9780203835722

OCLC:

892046606