Luxury and Corruption: Challenging the Anti-Corruption Consensus

Tereza Østbø Kuldova, Jardar Østbø, Thomas Raymen

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Abstract

The world has been bombarded in recent years with images of the luxurious lives and wealth of corrupt oligarchs and kleptocrats, amassed at the expense of ordinary people. Such images exploit our feelings of injustice, are taken as indicative of moral decay, and inspire a desire to purge our economies of dirty money, objects, and people.

But why do anti-corruption efforts routinely fail? What kind of world are they creating? Looking at luxury art, antiquities, superyachts, and populist politics, this book explores the connection between luxury and corruption, and offers an alternative to the received wisdom of how we tackle corruption.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationBristol
PublisherBristol University Press
Number of pages240
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9781529212433
ISBN (Print)9781529236330, 9781529212419
Publication statusPublished - 30 Jan 2024

Keywords

  • Corruption
  • Luxury
  • Anti-corruption
  • Crimes of the Powerful
  • Ultra-realism

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