Full Description
Corruption in Society: Multidisciplinary Conceptualizations is the first book to address the notion of corruption in a truly multidisciplinary manner, augmented with empirical evidence. The prevalent definition in books and articles on corruption is that it is a dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those with political and/or economic power, typically involving bribery. This political-economy or public choice denotation, while very useful, is inadequate for a comprehensive understanding of the concept because the notion of corruption appears in every discipline. For example, in the field of chemistry, chemical corruption concerns (a) the incorporation of defective compounds into experiments to better simulate conditions on the early-Earth and to help us understand how the first molecules of life formed and (b) how to make chemicals appear safer, sometimes dodging restrictions on their use, by minimizing the estimates of how much is released into the environment. In order to address this shortcoming, this book provides a discipline-by-discipline conceptualization of corruption buttressed with evidence from the discipline.
Contents
Contents
Introduction
Abdul Karim Bangura and James T. Gire
Chapter 1: African/Africana/Black Studies
Abdul Karim Bangura
Chapter 2: Chemistry
Alie Kunda
Chapter 3: Communication
Moses Ofome Asak
Chapter 4: Computer Science
Alie Kunda
Chapter 5: Criminology
Gerald K. Fosten
Chapter 6: Development Studies
Emma Hilda Morsay
Chapter 7: Education
Tolulope Samuel Aworefa
Chapter 8: Ethics
Tinashe Gumbo
Chapter 9: Geography
Chris A. Shisanya
Chapter 10: History
Benson Waiganjo Kanyingi
Chapter 11: Management
Esther Nkhukhu-Orlando
Chapter 12: Mathematics
Isatu Ramatu Bangura
Chapter 13: Psychology
James T. Gire
Chapter 14: African Religion
Simon Gisege Omare
Chapter 15: Youth Studies
Cecy Edijala Balogun
