Full Description
Analysing political corruption as a distinct but separate entity from bureaucratic corruption, this timely book separates these two very different social phenomena in a way that is often overlooked in contemporary studies. Chapters argue that political corruption includes two basic, critical and related processes: extractive and power-preserving corruption.
Evaluating seven key case studies, the book illustrates the theoretical basis of corruption and provides a political-economy analysis of the topic, using examples from Sub-Saharan Africa. Outlining how and who is involved, these cases explore the present conditions that enable political corruption. The book highlights how political corruption undermines the political will to curb corruption, a key area that traditional anti-corruption efforts have failed in.
A pertinent and forward-thinking contribution to the field, this will be of interest to those working in anti-corruption, including in aid agencies, national NGOs and government agencies. It will also be useful to development studies, development economics and political theory scholars.
Contributors include: I. Amundsen, K.T. Asante, T. Budhram, M. D'Arcy, B. Dulani, M. Khisa, A. Nuvunga, E.O. Ojo, A. Orre, V. Prusa
Contents
Contents:
Foreword
1. Extractive and Power-Preserving Political Corruption
Inge Amundsen
2. Political Corruption and the Limits of Anti-Corruption Activism in Ghana
Kofi Takyi Asante and Moses Khisa
3. Big Men and Poor Voters: Political Corruption and Elections in Kenya
Michelle D'Arcy
4. Congenitally Co-Joined and Inseparable: Politics and Corruption in Nigeria
Emmanuel Oladipo Ojo, Vaclav Prusa, Inge Amundsen
5. Inclusive Co-optation and Political Corruption in Uganda
Moses Khisa
6. The 'Secret Loans Affair' and Political Corruption in Mozambique
Adriano Nuvunga and Aslak Orre
7. Political Parties, Campaign Financing and Political Corruption in Malawi
Boniface Dulani
8. Political Corruption and State Capture in South Africa
Trevor Budhram
9. Stuck in Transition: Political Corruption as Power Abuse
Inge Amundsen
Index
