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This volume together scholars specializing in different parts of
the world to give us a comparative understanding of the persistence
of corruption in some societies. The reader is privileged to learn
from the many global variations that are skilfully presented for
further analyses. Corruption is a salient feature of human
condition in any organized society. Further, where risks are low
and the returns high, corruption is almost inevitable. Apart from
this, traditional public behaviour comes precariously close to what
in the West might amount to corrupt practices. Bureaucratic
corruption should be understood in the light of a clash of morality
on the one hand and legality on the other. There is a contradiction
between traditional values, which are held in respect and are a
part of everyday life of a people, and norms of the larger society
which stand out as compelling forces. The idea of the modern
division between the public and private office is alien to a
traditional culture and corruption finds space when this division
is not strictly observed. Seven essays in this volume cover a range
of countries which include India, South Africa, Nigeria, Zimbabwe,
and Indonesia. As the essays unfold themselves, the problem of
corruption takes on an added dimension, that of a legacy left
behind by colonialism. Please note: This title is co-published with
Social Science Press, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell
or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan,
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
The Archive of Yogyakarta is almost unique among Asian document
collections, and one cannot overestimate its significance for
scholarly research into the history of Java. It forms a single
corpus of records produced by the Sultan of Yogyakarta's government
between 1786 and 1812, dealing with the allocation of the realm's
scarce resources of men and materials. There are royal
appointments, registers of the realm's physical resources,
retrenchment orders, lists of military contingents, and court
correspondence - but these are vastly overshadowed by an
incomparable set of local accountancy records, ranging from yearly
balance sheets, through receipts of tolls, taxation lists, and debt
letters, to allowances for the royal family and imposts for
ceremonial feasts. Complementing Volume 1 (1980), which published
selected documents of political importance, Volume II considers the
Archive as a whole and what it reveals about the government and the
economy of Yogyakarta. Transliterations of the Javanese originals
are accompanied by English synopses and notes.
A major contribution to the understanding of Indonesian legal
history. Hoadley shows how European colonialism skewed local legal
institutions to serve colonial ends, and he discusses a fascinating
series of cases that illustrate the evolution of this process.
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