10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KLEPTOCRACY»
Discover the use of
kleptocracy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
kleptocracy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Calamari
Kleptocracy
Peace-loving Thor Gunderson has to make a choice when A Panini for Your Thoughts, the Fascist-themed Italian restaurant where he works, devises an incendiary plan to eliminate its competition.
2
Government of the Crooks, by the Crooks, for the Crooks
Kleptocracy took over Wall Street. Nearly all the stock traders in Wall Street
wenthaywire. The bankers degenerated into crooks. The Securities and
Exchange Commission got the Wall Street kingpins nailed. Everyone seems to
be on the take.
Emmanuel Onyemaghani Owah, 2011
3
Chasing Dirty Money: The Fight Against Money Laundering
to the incidence of kleptocracy. Widespread corruption, in turn, can undermine
the integrity of the financial system.13 Assessing the effectiveness of the AML
regime in reducing kleptocracy more narrowly, and corruption more broadly,
relies to ...
4
African Nationalism in Cold War Politics
Contemporary Cameroon has evolved from a colonial kleptocratic state
toapostcolonial kleptocracy. Thecolonial kleptocratic state was controlled by
French men, whose reasons for being in Cameroon was to ensure the glory of
France by ...
5
Double Paradox: Rapid Growth and Rising Corruption in China
Instead, kleptocracy tends to be a system wherein “power tends to corrupt and
absolute power corrupts absolutely,” to use Lord Acton's famous dictum. Not
satisfied with enjoying the trappings of power, kleptocracy begins to emerge
when the ...
6
The Impact of
Kleptocracy on Economic Development: The Case ...
Although corruption in Lebanon has old roots, it has been seriously intensified as a result of civil war. Post war corruption is manifested through what resembles autocratic rules upon territories, rent-se eking, and wasted resources.
Sireen Rashid Jannoun, American University of Beirut. Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Department of Economics, 2006
Kleptocracy, alternatively cleptocracy or kleptarchy, (from Ancient Greek: (thief) and (rule), "rule by thieves") is a form of political and government corruption where the government exists to increase the personal wealth and political ...
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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The Economics of Organised Crime
The Wall Street Journal, October 24, 1990 1 Introduction Motivated by
observations such as these, recent research has developed a positive theory of
what I have called 'proprietary public finance', or, more colourfully, 'kleptocracy'. [
See, for ...
Gianluca Fiorentini, Sam Peltzman, 1997
9
The Logic of Political Survival
Kleptocracy Kleptocracy plays a more complicated role in our model than any of
the other factors we have thus far examined. The opportunity for the incumbent
leadership to steal from the state depends on how much must be spent on
keeping ...
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith, 2005
10
Road Companion to Democracy and Meritocracy: Further Essays ...
Kleptocracy. and. Mendacity. as. Identification. Marks. T. he unmistakable
identification marks of the political regime which is co-extensive with the Ahidjo
dictatorship without being identical with it are kleptocracyand mendacity or in
plainer ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KLEPTOCRACY»
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kleptocracy is used in the context of the following news items.
CAB takes action in Nigeria over 'looted' $6.5m - Independent.ie
According to the US Department of Justice, General Abacha used his public office "to loot millions of dollars" in a "brazen acts of kleptocracy.". «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
As Buhari Arrives Washington, DC By Sonala Olumhense | Sahara …
The United States, which never hid its disdain for the Jonathan kleptocracy masquerading as theatre, will be throwing at his feet a giant red ... «SaharaReporters.com, Jul 15»
Inside a very bad Iranian nuclear deal | TribLIVE
Iran is a kleptocracy, so the money will be siphoned off to strengthen the Iranian regime, better enable it to oppress human rights, enable it to ... «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
4 Big Red Flags in the Iran Deal - The Daily Signal
As in any thriving kleptocracy, that money will be funneled through the hands of the regime, whose leaders will use it to tighten their grip on the ... «Daily Signal, Jul 15»
Richard Price: a brilliant writer whatever the name
The first owner, an aqueduct engineer with connections to New York's Gilded Age kleptocracy, "died having a heart attack screwing some other ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
The Iran Deal: 4 Big Red Flags for the Middle East (And the World)
As in any thriving kleptocracy, that money will be funneled through the hands of the regime, whose leaders will use it to tighten their grip on the ... «Heritage.org, Jul 15»
U.S. Senate Passes No Child Left Behind Rewrite | Caffeinated …
If they don't, well, it's clear they're right: That voters don't really care about education, so we're going to let the kleptocracy continue to run ... «Caffeinated Thoughts, Jul 15»
Vaccinism—The Dangers of Political Ideology
Call it what you will--oligarchy, corporatocracy, kleptocracy--we live under the control of rulers who delegate control in an hierarchical manner. «Age of Autism, Jul 15»
Little to celebrate in South Sudan
Soon, this violent kleptocracy degenerated along factional lines.” The only way the conflict in South Sudan will cease is if enough pressure is ... «Middle East Online, Jul 15»
Let's read the riot act to the kleptocrats who are buying us out
Instead of warning them that we'll overthrow their kleptocracy if one more word is taught against us, we coddle them and allow them to corrupt ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
