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Smith, Daniel Jordan, 1961-

A culture of corruption : everyday deception and popular discontent in Nigeria / Daniel Jordan Smith. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007. - xxiii, 263 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-256) and index.

"Urgent business relationship" : Nigerian e-mail scams -- From favoritism to 419 : corruption in everyday life -- Development scams : donors, dollars, and NGO entrepreneurs -- "Fair play even among robbers" : democracy, politics, and corruption -- Rumors, riots, and diabolical rituals -- "The became the criminals they were supposed to fight" : crime, corruption, and vigilante justice -- Anticorruption aspirations : Biafrans and born-again Christians. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7.

"A Culture of Corruption is a profound and sympathetic attempt to understand the dilemmas average Nigerians face every day as they try to get ahead - or just survive - in a society riddled with corruption." "Drawing on firsthand experience, Daniel Jordan Smith paints a vivid portrait of Nigerian corruption - of nationwide fuel shortages in Africa's oil-producing giant, Internet cafes where the young launch their e-mail scams, checkpoints where drivers must bribe police, bogus organizations that siphon development aid, and houses painted with the fraud-preventive words "not for sale.""--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN: 0691127220 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780691127224 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2006006620

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA678692 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013552659 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Corruption--Nigeria.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Nigeria--Moral conditions.

LC Class. No.: HV7165.5 / .S65 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 364.1/32309669