The Politics of Elite Corruption in Africa

This book considers the causes of high-level state corruption as well as the political constraints of countering corruption in Africa. It examines elite corruption in government as well as in the political and military spheres of state activity, and focuses on illegal behaviour on the part of state and non-state actors in decision-making.

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Roger Tangri is a visiting scholar in the Center for African Studies at Stanford University, USA.

Andrew M. Mwenda is the founder and managing director of The Independent, a current affairs news magazine in Uganda.

Inhalt

Part I: Introduction 1. Causes, Costs and Control of Corruption in Africa 2. Understanding the Politics of Elite Corruption in Africa Part II: Elite Corruption in the Context of Uganda's Political Economy under the NRM 3. Politics of Reform and Donor-Government Relations 4. Elite Corruption and Regime Consolidation Part III: Case Studies of Elite Corruption in Uganda under the NRM 5. Corruption in the Privatization Process 6. Military Corruption since the 1990s 7. Foreign Business and State Corruption 8. Political Finance Corruption 9. Electoral Corruption 10. Politics and the Ineffectiveness of Anti-Corruption Institutions 11. International Donors and the Limits of Countering Corruption Part IV: Conclusion 12. Executive Dominance and Elite Corruption in Uganda 13. African Politics and Elite Corruption