Sinking under the weight of corruption: Neoliberal reform, political accountability and justice

Current Sociology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 735-753

  Soliman, Hussein ^a   Cable, Sherry ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

corruption; disaster; Egypt; ferry sinking; neoliberalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054762004     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392111419748     Document Type: Article

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