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Corruption as an Empty Signifier critically explores the ways in which corruption in Africa has been equated with African politics and political order, and offers a novel approach to understanding corruption as a potentially emancipatory discourse of political transformation. Conventionally, both ac...
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oapen-20.500.12657-295872023-02-01T08:49:16Z Corruption as an Empty Signifier Koechlin, Lucy Political Science Polical Science africa corruption politics Civil society Construction Democracy Professional association Tanzania bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPZ Political corruption Corruption as an Empty Signifier critically explores the ways in which corruption in Africa has been equated with African politics and political order, and offers a novel approach to understanding corruption as a potentially emancipatory discourse of political transformation. Conventionally, both academic literature as well as development policies depict corruption as the lynchpin of politics in Africa, locking African societies into political orders which subvert democratic change. 2018-07-31 23:55 2020-03-27 03:00:27 2020-04-01T12:33:13Z 2020-04-01T12:33:13Z 2013-01-05 book 1000345 OCN: 1076783276 9789004249998 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29587 eng application/pdf n/a 1000345.pdf Brill 101508 af16fd4b-42a1-46ed-82e8-c5e880252026 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9789004249998 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Leiden, Boston 101508 KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access |
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Corruption as an Empty Signifier critically explores the ways in which corruption in Africa has been equated with African politics and political order, and offers a novel approach to understanding corruption as a potentially emancipatory discourse of political transformation. Conventionally, both academic literature as well as development policies depict corruption as the lynchpin of politics in Africa, locking African societies into political orders which subvert democratic change. |
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