Gifts and Alliances in Java  

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Verhezen, Peter

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Ethical Perspectives: Journal of the European Ethics Network vol. 9 no. 1 (Apr. 2002), page 56-65.
Topik: Bribery

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE45.5 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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This paper clearly distinguishes gifts from bribery. Both seem to feature similar characteristics. However, the conceptual differences are obvious when one analyzes the nature of the relationships and alliances behind gifts, as opposed to bribes. The first part of this paper focuses on the conceptual similarities and differences between gifts and market exchanges, and subsequently on how bribery emerges as an illegal market transaction under the conceptual banner of a gift. The second part tries to describe empirically how this gift mechanism has created and maintained social alliances in traditional Java, and how it has been transformed into an instrumental and utilitarian tool for government officials and the economic elite in urban ‘modem’ Java to enrich themselves.

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