Corruption

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.

• 1. Sharp Practice: Anthropology and the Study of Corruption by Cris Shore and Dieter HaerPart I. Corruption in ‘Transitional’ Societies2. 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. ZerilliPart II. Institutionalised Corruption and Institutions of Anti-Corruption6. Integrity Warriors: Global Morality and the Anticorruption Movement in the Balkans by Steven Sampson7. Culture and Corruption in the EU: reflections on Fraud, Nepotism and Cronyism in the European Commission by Cris Shore8. Corruption in Corporate America: Enron – Before and After by Carol MacLennanPart III. Narratives and Practices of Everyday of Corruption9. Narrating the State of Corruption by Akhil Gupta10.‘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 ContributorsIndex

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