Understanding corruption : traditional and legal rational norms /
edited by:Hoadley, Mason C.,Hatti, Neelambar,
Edited by Mason C. Hoadley and Neelambar Hatti.
- South Asia edition.
- New Delhi: Social Science Press, 2020
- xvi, 238p.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-236) and index.
Corruption is a salient feature of human condition in any organized society. Further, where risks are low and the returns high, corruption is almost inevitable. Apart from this, traditional public behaviour comes precariously close to what in the West might amount to corrupt practices. Bureaucratic corruption should be understood in the light of a clash of morality on the one hand and legality on the other. There is a contradiction between traditional values, which are held in respect and are a part of everyday life of a people, and norms of the larger society which stand out as compelling forces. The idea of the modern division between the public and private office is alien to a traditional culture and corruption finds space when this division is not strictly observed.
Seven essays in this volume cover a range of countries which include India, South Africa, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Indonesia. As the essays unfold themselves, the problem of corruption takes on an added dimension, that of a legacy left behind by colonialism.
9789383166381
Corruption--Asia.
Corruption--Africa.
Corruption--Law and legislation--Asia.
Corruption--Law and legislation--Africa.
364.1323 / UND-
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-236) and index.
Corruption is a salient feature of human condition in any organized society. Further, where risks are low and the returns high, corruption is almost inevitable. Apart from this, traditional public behaviour comes precariously close to what in the West might amount to corrupt practices. Bureaucratic corruption should be understood in the light of a clash of morality on the one hand and legality on the other. There is a contradiction between traditional values, which are held in respect and are a part of everyday life of a people, and norms of the larger society which stand out as compelling forces. The idea of the modern division between the public and private office is alien to a traditional culture and corruption finds space when this division is not strictly observed.
Seven essays in this volume cover a range of countries which include India, South Africa, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Indonesia. As the essays unfold themselves, the problem of corruption takes on an added dimension, that of a legacy left behind by colonialism.
9789383166381
Corruption--Asia.
Corruption--Africa.
Corruption--Law and legislation--Asia.
Corruption--Law and legislation--Africa.
364.1323 / UND-