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Author:   Dieter Haller ,  Cris Shore
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780745321578

ISBN 10:   0745321577
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   20 May 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Sharp Practice: Anthropology and the Study of Corruption by Cris Shore and Dieter Haer Part I. Corruption in ‘Transitional’ Societies 2. The Intersection of Political Corruption and Organized Crime: A Comparison of Palermo, Italy and Youngstown, Ohio. 3. Bribes, Gifts, and Unofficial Payments: Towards an Anthropology of Corruption in Post-Soviet Russia by Michele Rivkin-Fish 4. Corruption as a Transitional Phenomenon: Understanding Endemic Corruption by David Lovell 5. Corruption, Property Restitution, and Romanianness by Filippo M. Zerilli Part II. Institutionalised Corruption and Institutions of Anti-Corruption 6. Integrity Warriors: Global Morality and the Anticorruption Movement in the Balkans by Steven Sampson 7. Culture and Corruption in the EU: reflections on Fraud, Nepotism and Cronyism in the European Commission by Cris Shore 8. Corruption in Corporate America: Enron – Before and After by Carol MacLennan Part III. Narratives and Practices of Everyday of Corruption 9. Narrating the State of Corruption by Akhil Gupta 10.‘Where the Jeeps Come From: Narrations on Corruption in the Alentejo (Southern Portugal) by Dorle Drackle, 11. Citizens despite the State: Everyday corruption and local politics in El Alto, Bolivia by Sian Lazar 12. Afterword: Anthropology and Corruption: the State of the Art by Dorothy Louise Zinn Notes on Contributors Index

Reviews

Corruption: Anthropological Perspectives breaks new descriptive and theoretical ground for anthropology. It deals seriously with a topic that was frequently rationalized by anthropologists in the past in the name of cultural relativism. The authors question what corruption could possibly mean, but they also give no quarter to those who would claim that the exploiters of the world are merely following cultural convention in abusing their fellow community members. From the complexity of the corporate Enron scandal to skullduggery at the village level in the Balkans, the expert authors create a lively forum. In an especially welcome turn, one section of the book deals with discourse about corruption, showing both how endemic this practice is, and yet how easily it inflames and angers humans everywhere. -- William Beeman, Professor of Anthropology, Brown University and Visiting Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology, Stanford University An exceptionally timely anthropological response to an increasingly insistent global discourse of 'good governance', this excellent collection offers fresh and sophisticated perspectives for cross-cultural analysis of the meanings and roles of 'corruption', transcending the boundary between North and South to provide a constructive critique of the discourse itself. The editors have richly delivered on their claim that 'corruption' is 'good to think with'. -- John Gledhill, Max Gluckman Professor of Social Anthropology, The University of Manchester

Author Information

Dieter Haller is Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. His focus is on political anthropology, borderland studies, gender, and the Mediterranean. His books include Corruption (Pluto, 2005). Cris Shore is Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London, and Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study, Central European University. One of his recent publications is The Shapeshifting Crown and he and Susan Wright are co-editors of the Anthropology of Policy book series for Stanford University Press.

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