Corruption as an Empty Signifier Politics and Political Order in Africa / Lucy Koechlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koechlin, Lucy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 pages)

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Boston : Brill, 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Corruption as an Empty Signifier critically explores the ways in which corruption in Africa has been equated with African politics and political order, and offers a novel approach to understanding corruption as a potentially emancipatory discourse of political transformation. Conventionally, both academic literature as well as development policies depict corruption as the lynchpin of politics in Africa, locking African societies into political orders which subvert democratic change.

Contents:

1 'Corruption ruins lives: take action!' 1

2 Development Discourse: Good Governance and the 'Anti-Corruption Machine' 5

3 'Rational', 'Rotten' or "Routine': What is Corruption? 13

4 Discourses of Corruption, Discourses of Africa 18

5 Methodology and Organisation of the Enquiry 21

1 The Academic Discourse: Political Order and Corruption in Africa 32

1 Introduction 32

2 Corruption and Political Development: Assimilation and Integration 37

3 The Political Economy of Corruption: Rules and Regimes 49

4 The Moral Economy of Corruption: Values and Practices 62

5 The Order of Disorder: Power, Authority and Accumulation 68

6 Conceptualising Corruption: The Question of Agency 79

7 Conclusions: Corruption, (Dis)Order and Agency 87

2 Sketching Out an Emancipatory Discourse: Corruption, Political Spaces and Social Imaginaries 91

1 Introduction 91

2 Reinserting Politics: A Political Theory of Corruption 95

3 Civil Society: The Omni-Present Absence in Africa 104

4 The State of the Economy 114

5 Organized Business Interests 121

6 Professional Associations in Africa 125

7 The Politics of Corruption 128

Interlude A Topography of Corruption in Tanzania 132

1 Why a Topography? 133

2 A Bird's Eye View: Development, Governance and Corruption in Tanzania 135

3 Qualified Views of Corruption in Tanzania 144

4 An Overview over Corruption in Tanzania 159

3 Democratic Spaces in the Making? Professional Associations and Corruption in 2003 163

1 Background: From the 'Politics of Integrity' (Julius Nyerere 1962-1985) to the 'Politics of Shamelessness' (All Hassan Mwinyi 1985-1995) 163

2 Benjamin Mkapa (1995-2005)-'Zero-Tolerance of Corruption' 166

3 Regulatory Framework and Anti-Corruption Institutions 169

4 Governance Policies in the Construction Industry 178

5 Corruption and Professional Associations in the Tanzanian Construction Industry 183

6 Hegemonies and Fixations of Corruption: Some Preliminary Conclusions 200

4 Closures of Democratic Spaces? Professional Associations and Corruption in 2010 204

1 Introduction 204

2 Jakaya Kikwete-'A dedicated spirit of government'? 205

3 Governance and Anti-Corruption Reforms in the Regulatory Framework 209

4 Governance Reforms in the Construction Industry 214

5 Professional Associations and Corruption in the Construction Industry 220

6 'Our voice is not heard': Perspectives on Public Officials 226

7 Hegemonies and Fixations of Corruption: Conclusions in Space and Time 230.

Notes:

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KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 101508

ISBN:

9789004249998