A social theory of corruption notes from the Indian subcontinent
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press 2020Description: xiv, 365 pISBN: 9780674252752Subject(s): Corruption | Dominance (Psychology) | Elite (Social sciences)DDC classification: 364.13230954 Summary: "Law and policy treat corruption as something far less than it truly is. Using India's long history as a case study, Sudhir Chella Rajan argues that corruption is the structure underlying social hierarchy. Throughout history, elites have fixed the rules of the game for their own benefit, even as most ordinary people were faithful to life's rubrics"--Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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"Law and policy treat corruption as something far less than it truly is. Using India's long history as a case study, Sudhir Chella Rajan argues that corruption is the structure underlying social hierarchy. Throughout history, elites have fixed the rules of the game for their own benefit, even as most ordinary people were faithful to life's rubrics"--
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