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POLITICS Iddrisu Haruna. Zero Tolerance: Public Sector Corruption in Ghana. Accra: I. Haruna, 2003. xv + 130 pp. No price reported. Paper.
In a book to be lauded for its bravery and outspokenness, lddrisu Haruna attacks the open secret of high and deep levels of corruption in the public sector in Ghana. Zero Tolerance: Public sector Corruption in Ghana, which he published himself, grew out of his studies for a master's degree in sociology from the University of Ghana, Legon, where he was also president of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS). He implicates many in the book-including politicians, citizens, and foreigners-and denounces those who turn a blind eye to bribery, incentives, and dashes. Haruna probes structural and systemic reasons, along with some cultural reasons for this situation, querying why it is necessary to grease the palms of schoolmasters, telephone service providers, ministry employees, and others simply...