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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20211208-021954-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-changing-culture-and-perception-of-corruption/ The Changing Culture and Perception of Corruption - The Many Contexts of Corruption in Nigeria Pierce, Steven eng 2021-12-07 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 anti-corruption colonialism Corruption Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In Nigeria, coups d’etat have often been a cause for celebration. Ironically, even as a series of juntas promised to reform corrupt practices Nigeria’s perceived problems grew worse, leading to ever-more stringent rhetoric against corruption and, as Ugochukwu Ezeh suggests in his contribution to this symposium, a near consensus that corruption represents a fundamental threat to Nigerians’ personal security and that of the nation itself. While it is challenging to measure the prevalence or magnitude of corruption objectively, the perception of corruption is that it gets worse and worse, despite the struggle against it.