The argument -- Two villages -- The construction and the deconstruction of rural property -- The invention of social conflict -- The destruction and replacement of the elite -- The manipulation of lifestyles -- From the dependent peasant to the citizen-peasant : the bases of a rural political...

To understand why corruption has become the crucial issue for the latest generation of protest movements and uprisings, from Tunisia to Moldova and from India to Brazil, public corruption is best conceived as part of a broader social order context and not at individual level. Presuming...