A culture of corruption : everyday deception and popular discontent in Nigeria /
by 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 -- "They became the criminals they were supposed to fight" : crime, corruption, and vigilante justice -- Anticorruption aspirations : Biafrans and born-again Christians.