This volume brings together scholars specializing in different parts of the world to give us a comparative understanding of the persistence of corruption in some societies. Seven essays in this volume cover a range of countries which include India, South Africa, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Indonesia.

Mason C. Hoadley is Professor Emeritus in Southeast Asian History and Indonesian at the School of Language and Literature, Lund University.

Neelambar Hatti is Professor Emeritus at School of Economics and Management, Lund University.

1. Introduction 2. Duality of Corrupt Behaviour. Traditional norms versus Weberian forms 3. Fish Rots from the Head: Duality of Corrupt Behaviour in South Africa (2009-18) 4. The Clash of Morality and Legality: Interrogating Bureaucratic Corruption in Nigeria 5. Public-Private Sector Corruption in Zimbabwe during the First Republic, 1980-2017 6. Corruption Eradication Efforts and its Actors' Resistance in the Era of Reformation of Indonesia 7. Enactment and Enforcement of Anti-Corruption in India 8. Conclusion