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Moral Economies of Corruption : State Formation and Political Culture in Nigeria / by Pierce, Steven, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…A tale of two emirs : colonialism and bureaucratizing emirates, 1900-1948 -- The political time : ethnicity and violence, 1948-1970 -- Oil and the "army arrangement" : corruption and the petro-state, 1970-1999 -- Moral economies of corruption -- Nigerian corruption and the limits of the state.…”
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Moral Economies of Corruption : State Formation and Political Culture in Nigeria / by Pierce, Steven, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…A tale of two emirs : colonialism and bureaucratizing emirates, 1900-1948 -- The political time : ethnicity and violence, 1948-1970 -- Oil and the "army arrangement" : corruption and the petro-state, 1970-1999 -- Moral economies of corruption -- Nigerian corruption and the limits of the state.…”
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Disconnected rivers linking rivers to landscapes / by Wohl, Ellen E., 1962-

Table of Contents: “…-- American rivers -- Conquering a new world : pioneer impacts -- Poisoning America : commercial impacts -- Institutional conquest : bureaucratic impacts -- Trying to do the right thing : rehabilitation impacts -- Thinking in terms of rivers.…”
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Disconnected rivers linking rivers to landscapes / by Wohl, Ellen E., 1962-

Table of Contents: “…-- American rivers -- Conquering a new world : pioneer impacts -- Poisoning America : commercial impacts -- Institutional conquest : bureaucratic impacts -- Trying to do the right thing : rehabilitation impacts -- Thinking in terms of rivers.…”
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This land is our land immigrants and power in Miami /

Table of Contents: “…Becoming American : it's not a one-way street -- Competing elites : Cuban power, Anglo conversion, and frustrated African Americans -- Working in the USA : ethnic segregation and bureaucratizing interaction -- Just comes and cover-ups : African Americans and Haitians in high school -- Making it work : interaction, power, and accommodation in inter-ethnic relations.…”
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This land is our land immigrants and power in Miami /

Table of Contents: “…Becoming American : it's not a one-way street -- Competing elites : Cuban power, Anglo conversion, and frustrated African Americans -- Working in the USA : ethnic segregation and bureaucratizing interaction -- Just comes and cover-ups : African Americans and Haitians in high school -- Making it work : interaction, power, and accommodation in inter-ethnic relations.…”
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Perils of dominance imbalance of power and the road to war in Vietnam / by Porter, Gareth, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…The imbalance of power, 1953-1965 -- The Soviets and Chinese appease the United States -- Eisenhower and Dulles exploit U.S. dominance in Vietnam -- North Vietnamese policy under the American threat -- Kennedy's struggle with the national security bureaucracy -- Johnson, McNamara and the Tonkin Gulf crisis -- Bureaucratic pressures and the decisions for war -- Dominoes, bandwagons and the road to war.…”
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Social and political bonds a mosaic of contrast and convergence / by Barnard, F. M. (Frederick M.)

Table of Contents: “…Introductory perspectives -- Status identification : class and social mobility -- Social interaction : conflict, cooperation and culture -- Political development : dynamics and contexts -- Power and political authorization -- Electoral choices : parties and governments -- Democracy : scripts and players -- Hidden powers and odd allies : lobbyists and bureaucrats -- Political mediation : parts and wholes (an overview) -- Bridging and belonging : concluding reflections.…”
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Social and political bonds a mosaic of contrast and convergence / by Barnard, F. M. (Frederick M.)

Table of Contents: “…Introductory perspectives -- Status identification : class and social mobility -- Social interaction : conflict, cooperation and culture -- Political development : dynamics and contexts -- Power and political authorization -- Electoral choices : parties and governments -- Democracy : scripts and players -- Hidden powers and odd allies : lobbyists and bureaucrats -- Political mediation : parts and wholes (an overview) -- Bridging and belonging : concluding reflections.…”
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Governing Gaza : Bureaucracy, Authority, and the Work of Rule, 1917–1967 / by Feldman, Ilana, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Note on transliteration -- Introduction -- Government practice and the place of Gaza -- Producing bureaucratic authority -- Ruling files -- On being a civil servant -- Civil service competence and the course of a career -- Tactical practice and government work -- Service in crisis -- Servicing everyday life -- Community services and formations of civic life -- Conclusion -- Gaza and an anthropology of government.…”
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Perils of dominance imbalance of power and the road to war in Vietnam / by Porter, Gareth, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…The imbalance of power, 1953-1965 -- The Soviets and Chinese appease the United States -- Eisenhower and Dulles exploit U.S. dominance in Vietnam -- North Vietnamese policy under the American threat -- Kennedy's struggle with the national security bureaucracy -- Johnson, McNamara and the Tonkin Gulf crisis -- Bureaucratic pressures and the decisions for war -- Dominoes, bandwagons and the road to war.…”
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Governing Gaza : Bureaucracy, Authority, and the Work of Rule, 1917–1967 / by Feldman, Ilana, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Note on transliteration -- Introduction -- Government practice and the place of Gaza -- Producing bureaucratic authority -- Ruling files -- On being a civil servant -- Civil service competence and the course of a career -- Tactical practice and government work -- Service in crisis -- Servicing everyday life -- Community services and formations of civic life -- Conclusion -- Gaza and an anthropology of government.…”
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Secret Affairs : Franklin Roosevelt, Cordell Hull, and Sumner Welles / by Gellman, Irwin F.

Table of Contents: “…The chief sets the tone -- Enter Hull -- Welles in Cuba -- The balance of the first term -- The bloodiest bureaucratic battle -- Reorganizing the department -- The Welles mission -- The sphinx, Hull, and the others -- An incredible set of circumstances -- Provoking war -- Hull loses control -- Working for victory -- Ruining Welles -- Resignation -- Hull's last year -- Roosevelt's last months -- Those who survived.…”
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Secret Affairs : Franklin Roosevelt, Cordell Hull, and Sumner Welles / by Gellman, Irwin F.

Table of Contents: “…The chief sets the tone -- Enter Hull -- Welles in Cuba -- The balance of the first term -- The bloodiest bureaucratic battle -- Reorganizing the department -- The Welles mission -- The sphinx, Hull, and the others -- An incredible set of circumstances -- Provoking war -- Hull loses control -- Working for victory -- Ruining Welles -- Resignation -- Hull's last year -- Roosevelt's last months -- Those who survived.…”
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State governors in the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1952 portraits in conflict, courage, and corruption /

Table of Contents: “…Ervin -- Efraín Gutiérrez of Chiapas : the revolutionary bureaucrat / Stephen E. Lewis -- Maximino Avila Camacho of Puebla / Timothy Henderson, David LaFrance -- Baltasar Leyva Mancilla of Guerrero : learning hegemony / Paul Gillingham.…”
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State governors in the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1952 portraits in conflict, courage, and corruption /

Table of Contents: “…Ervin -- Efraín Gutiérrez of Chiapas : the revolutionary bureaucrat / Stephen E. Lewis -- Maximino Avila Camacho of Puebla / Timothy Henderson, David LaFrance -- Baltasar Leyva Mancilla of Guerrero : learning hegemony / Paul Gillingham.…”
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The institutional imperative the politics of equitable development in Southeast Asia / by Kuhonta, Erik Martinez, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Politics of equitable development in Thailand: The bureaucratic polity ascendant and the failure of reform ; Growth without equity -- pt. 4. …”
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The institutional imperative the politics of equitable development in Southeast Asia / by Kuhonta, Erik Martinez, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Politics of equitable development in Thailand: The bureaucratic polity ascendant and the failure of reform ; Growth without equity -- pt. 4. …”
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Runaway state-building patronage politics and democratic development / by O'Dwyer, Conor, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…The concept and causes of runaway state-building -- Constraining government patronage : different logics of party competition -- The runaway state-building phenomenon : patronage politics and bureaucratic rationalization -- Remaking the regions : the Europeanization of the state or domestic politics as usual? …”
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Runaway state-building patronage politics and democratic development / by O'Dwyer, Conor, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…The concept and causes of runaway state-building -- Constraining government patronage : different logics of party competition -- The runaway state-building phenomenon : patronage politics and bureaucratic rationalization -- Remaking the regions : the Europeanization of the state or domestic politics as usual? …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view