Smith, Daniel Jordan

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.

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