2009, ISBN: 0007241968

[EAN: 9780007241965], Near Fine, [SC: 4.04], [PU: FOURTH ESTATE], A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turnin… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780007241965], Near Fine, [SC: 4.04], [PU: FOURTH ESTATE], A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point.When Michela Wrong's Kenyan friend John Githongo appeared one cold February morning on the doorstep of her London flat, carrying a small mountain of luggage and four trilling mobile phones he seemed determined to ignore, it was clear something had gone very wrong in a country regarded until then as one of Africa's few budding success stories.Two years earlier, in the wave of euphoria that followed the election defeat of long-serving President Daniel arap Moi, John had been appointed Kenya's new anti-corruption czar. In choosing this giant of a man with a booming laugh, respected as a longstanding anti-corruption crusader, the new government was signalling to both its own public and the world at large that it was set on ending the practices that had made Kenya an international by-word for sleaze.Now John was on the run, having realised that the new administration, far from breaking with the past, was using near-identical techniques to pilfer public funds. John's tale, which has all the elements of the political thriller, is the story of how a brave man came to make a lonely decision with huge ramifications. But his story transcends the personal, touching as it does on the cultural, historical and social themes that lie at the heart of the continent's continuing crisis.Tracking this story of an African whistleblower who started out as a pillar of the establishment, Michela Wrong seeks answers to the questions that have puzzled outsiders for decades. What is it about African society that makes corruption so hard to eradicate, so sweeping in its scope, so destructive in its impact? Why have so many African presidents found it so easy to reduce all political discussion to the self-serving calculation of which tribe gets to "eat"? And at what stage will Africans start placing the wider interests of their nation ahead of the narrow interests of their tribe?, Books<

2009, ISBN: 9780007241965

buch. It's Our Turn Sich Eat: The Story Of A Kenyan Whistle-BlowerDas Datenblatt dieses Produkts wurde ursprünglich auf Englisch verfasst. Unten finden Sie eine automatische Übersetzung i… Mehr…

buch. It's Our Turn Sich Eat: The Story Of A Kenyan Whistle-BlowerDas Datenblatt dieses Produkts wurde ursprünglich auf Englisch verfasst. Unten finden Sie eine automatische Übersetzung ins Deutsche. Sollten Sie irgendwelche Fragen haben, kontaktieren Sie uns.buchbuch Publisher HarperCollins Item Height 234mm Language English Book Title It's Our Turn to Eat : The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower Miche Author Wrong, Michela Item Width 153mm Publication Name HarperCollins Publishers Limited Item Weight 475g Publication Year 2009 Number of Pages 400 Pages Format Paperback Subject Politics , Gut, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Name Publikation: HarperCollins Publishers Limited, Artikel Höhe: 234mm, Anzahl der Seiten: 400 seiten, Format: Taschenbuch, Fachbereich: Politik, Artikel Gewicht: 475g, Artikel Breite: 153 mm, Buch Titel: Es ist an der Reihe zu essen: Die Geschichte eines kenianischen, Sprache: Englisch, EAN: 9780007241965, HarperCollins, 2009<

2009, ISBN: 0007241968

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[EAN: 9780007241965], Gebraucht, [PU: Fourth Estate], It's Our Turn to Eat This book is in good or better condition. It has no tears to the pages and no pages will be missing from the book. The spine of the book is still in great condition and the front cover is generally unmarked. It has signs of previous use but overall is in really nice, tight condition. Shipping is normally same day from our UK warehouse. We offer a money back guarantee if you are not satisfied., Books<

2009, ISBN: 0007241968

[EAN: 9780007241965], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Fourth Estate 19/02/2009], Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minim… Mehr…

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