The general and widely accepted definition of corruption as 'the abuse of public office for private gain' presupposes a definite separation between the state or its agents and society. Corruption...

The Indonesian General Elections 2004 were the largest and most complicated elections ever observed by the EU. With apparent logistical and technical challenges the EU and others concerned with Indonesia's...

(Working paper 2001:20)

NORAD has been supporting the Nepal Human Rights Yearbook for a decade, from the pilot issue in 1992 and up to the present date. The Yearbook has over the entire...

During the last decade corruption has become a topical issue in the international development policy debate. Research on corruption has also expanded rapidly, taking many different directions both within and...

The primary concern of this paper is to present anthropological perspectives on corruption. The emphasis is on how anthropological methods and approaches can contribute to a broader understanding of corruption....