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Anticorruption in History
Anticorruption in History is a timely and urgent book: corruption is widely seen today as a major problem we face as a global society, undermining trust in government and financial institutions, economic efficiency, the principle of equality before the law and human wellbeing in general. Corruption, in short, is a major hurdle on the "path to Denmark" a feted blueprint for stable and successful statebuilding. The resonance of this view explains why efforts to promote anticorruption policies have proliferated in recent years. But while the subject of corruption and anticorruption has captured the attention of politicians, scholars, NGOs and the global media, scant attention has been paid to t...
Corruption and Justice in Colonial Mexico, 1650–1755
Provides the first detailed analysis of the evolution of the concept of corruption in colonial Mexico.
The Smugglers' World
The Smugglers' World examines a critical part of Atlantic trade for a neglected corner of the Spanish Empire. Testimonies of smugglers, buyers, and royal officials found in Venezuelan prize court records reveal a colony enmeshed in covert commerce. Forsaken by the Spanish fleet system, Venezuelan colonists struggled to obtain European foods and goods. They found a solution in exchanging cacao, a coveted luxury, for the necessities of life provided by contrabandists from the Dutch, English, and French Caribbean. Jesse Cromwell paints a vivid picture of the lives of littoral peoples who normalized their subversions of imperial law. Yet laws and borders began to matter when the Spanish state cr...
Dinosaurs of the Air
This book synthesises the growing body of evidence which suggests that modern-day birds have evolved from theropod dinosaurs of prehistoric times. The author argues that the ancestor-descendant relationship can also be reversed.
Sociological Abstracts
CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.
L'archipel des épices
Au XVIe siècle, les conquistadors de la frontière asiatique de l’Empire espagnol furent attirés sur ces lointains rivages par l’aimant des épices. Trois siècles plus tard, les fonctionnaires métropolitains viennent chercher aux Philippines des « épices » d’une tout autre nature : pots-de-vin, détournements de fonds publics, extorsions et prélèvements indus. L’objet de cet ouvrage est de décrire et, surtout, de comprendre la déviance publique généralisée qui affecte cette colonie espagnole. L’auteur établit une typologie des formes, souvent spectaculaires, que prend le brigandage administratif, de l’humble village aux plus hautes sphères de Manille. Il étudie e...
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