Sierra Leone has long endured a pattern of corruption remarkable in its depth and extent. The ubiquity of corruption in both the business and public sectors contributed to the country's dubious reputation of being named the poorest in the world by the United Nations Development Programme estimates in 1991. In this acute case study, Kpundeh asserts that the lack of accountability in Sierra Leone has long been responsible for the gross misuse of public funds for private gain. Supported by extensive interviewing and data collection, the author demonstrates that corruption has long been used by the governing elite as a vehicle to attain economic domination. Kpundeh offers that the key to successfully controlling corruption is to have a democratic system that guarantees the rights of individuals and provides the framework to deal with the problems of accountability and transparency.
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The value of this book is the way the author meshes theoretical and empirical evidence to explain the enduring problem of political corruption in Sierra Leone....(t)his work brings us one step closer towards a scientific study of Africa. It is bound towithstand any logical critique. -- Professor Abdul Karim Bangura, The African Institution and Bowie State University Politics and Corruption in Africa is a detailed, carefully researched, and well-written study that offers an indigenous explanation of corruption that is both prescriptive and analytic. It is the outcome of a most praiseworthy investigation by aSierra Leonean scholar who has been anxious to seek out the views and judgements of his own people, and who is not afraid to publish his findings and recommendations. -- Professor Abdul Karim Bangura, The African Institution and Bowie State University * Journal of Counterterrorism and Homeland Security * Kpundeh's recommendations are all welcome... -- Professor Abdul Karim Bangura, The African Institution and Bowie State University * Africa Today * A useful contribution to the growing literature on political corruption in Africa, and indispensable to an understanding of Sierra Leonean politics. -- Victor T. LeVine, Washington University in St. Louis A useful contribution to the growing literature on political corruption in Africa, and indispensable to an understanding of Sierra Leonean politics. -- Victor T. LeVine, Washington University in St. Louis The value of this book is the way the author meshes theoretical and empirical evidence to explain the enduring problem of political corruption in Sierra Leone....(t)his work brings us one step closer towards a scientific study of Africa. It is bound to withstand any logical critique. -- Professor Abdul Karim Bangura, The African Institution and Bowie State University Politics and Corruption in Africa is a detailed, carefully researched, and well-written study that offers an indigenous explanation of corruption that is both prescriptive and analytic. It is the outcome of a most praiseworthy investigation by a Sierra Leonean scholar who has been anxious to seek out the views and judgements of his own people, and who is not afraid to publish his findings and recommendations. -- Professor Abdul Karim Bangura, The African Institution and Bowie State University * Journal of Counterterrorism and Homeland Security * Kpundeh's recommendations are all welcome... -- Professor Abdul Karim Bangura, The African Institution and Bowie State University * Africa Today *
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 162 mm
Dicke: 19 mm
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978-0-8191-9696-5 (9780819196965)
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Sahr John Kpundeh is Program Officer for the Panel on Issues in Democracy and States in Transition at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.
