Corruption: Anthropological Perspectives

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1. Introduction - Sharp Practice: Anthropology and the Study of Corruption -- Part I Corruption in 'Transitional' Societies? -- 2. The Sack of Two Cities: Organized Crime and Political Corruption in Youngstown and Palermo -- 3. Bribes, Gifts and Unofficial Payments: Rethinking Corruption in Post-Soviet Russian Health Care -- 4. Corruption as a Transitional Phenomenon: Understanding Endemic Corruption in Postcommunist States -- 5. Corruption, Property Restitution and Romanianness -- Part II Institutionalized Corruption and Institutions of Anti-corruption -- 6. Integrity Warriors: Global Morality and the Anti-corruption Movement in the Balkans -- 7. Culture and Corruption in the EU: Reflections on Fraud, Nepotism and Cronyism in the European Commission -- 8. Corruption in Corporate America: Enron - Before and After -- Part III Narratives and Practices of Everyday Corruption -- 9. Narrating the State of Corruption -- 10. Where the Jeeps Come From: Narratives of Corruption in the Alentejo (Southern Portugal) -- 11. Citizens Despite the State: Everyday Corruption and Local Politics in El Alto, Bolivia -- 12. Afterword - Anthropology and Corruption: The State of the Art -- Contributors -- Index