Download or read book Corruption written by Leslie Holmes and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Since the mid-1990s corruption has been increasingly recognized as a global problem. Covering a vast range of activities, from global trafficking and terrorism, to bribery and nepotism, corruption is a major perpetuator of economic inequality in both developing and developed countries. ...[The author] considers the difficulties of defining corruption in different cultural contexts, and the issues which arise when assessing its scale and nature. ..."--Inside front cover.