Summary Pamela Price, ‘Cosmologies and Corruption in (South) India—Thinking Aloud’, Forum for Development Studies, 1999: 2, pp. 315–327. Some kinds of corruption in bureaucratic and political institutions in India are the function of systems of belief and practice which have historical antecedents. Corrupt actions are part of complex cultural dynamics involving contested notions about the ontology of ranks and statuses and the nature of authority. Based on research from South India, the author argues that political and social segmentary structures play major roles in influencing ordinary people's notions about the nature of political domains and authoritative responsibility.
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