This book argues that corruption lies at the heart of many of the Nigeria's problems. This book will be of interest to researchers of corruption, development and African Studies, as well as to policy makers, practitioners, and local stakeholders.
Despite being Africa’s largest economy and most populous country, with abundant natural resources, Nigeria still faces substantial development challenges. This book argues that corruption lies at the heart of many of the country’s problems.
Drawing on a range of different disciplinary perspectives, this volume explores the relationship between corruption and development, investigating the causes, contexts, and consequences of corruption, and the pathways for addressing it. As well as covering the wider background and theory surrounding corruption in the country, the book will investigate different sectors: the media, the judiciary, the health sector, industry, the criminal justice system, and of course politics and governance. The book concludes by considering attitudes and perceptions to corruption within Nigeria, current approaches to countering corruption, and future pathways to addressing the problem.
This book’s critical investigation of the links between corruption and development in Nigeria will be of interest to researchers of corruption, development and African Studies, as well as to policy makers, practitioners, and local stakeholders.
Part One: Theory and Background
1. Why Study Corruption in Nigeria:
Perspectives in Scale and Outcomes
2. Historical-Contemporary Currents in
Corruption and Development in Nigeria
3. Corruption as a National Calamity in
Nigeria: A Variance Based Partial Least Square Analysis
4. Public Corruption
Encounters in Nigeria, 2016-2019 Part Two: Sectors and Case Studies
5. Rule
of Law? Breakdown of Social Contract and Corruption of Development in Nigeria
6. Media and Corruption
7. Judicial Corruption in Nigeria
8. Corruption,
Violent Crime and Underdevelopment in the Niger-Delta Region
9. Governance,
Leadership and Corruption
10. Parasitic Medical Paternalism: A Gaze into
Corruption in the Nigerian Health Sector
11. Industrial Corruption and the
Underdevelopment of Nigeria
12. Corruption and the Criminal Justice System
Ekwuore
13. Corruption and Development Debacle in the Niger Delta Region of
Nigeria Part Three: Tackling Corruption
14. Corruption Dynamics and the
Intractability of Anti-Graft War
15. Corruption and Anti-corruption Agencies
in Nigeria: Attitudes and Perceptions
16. Corruption and Development
Consequences in Nigeria: The Way Forward
17. Approaches to Preventing and
Fighting Corruption in Nigeria
láyínká Àkànle is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and a research associate in the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
David O. Nkpe, a doctoral candidate at the University of Ibadan is a Chief Superintendent of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigeria. He received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees in Sociology from University of Jos and City, University of London, respectively.
