The micropolitics of corruption in South African universities

Jonathan D. Jansen

Chapter 19 in Handbook on Corruption in Higher Education, 2025, pp 324-332 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: In the aftermath of apartheid, South Africa's 26 universities have witnessed unprecedented levels of corruption that mirror the so-called “state capture” of public enterprises in the broader society. This chapter describes the various forms of corruption in universities and identifies the two main factors that sustain the run on resources in the more dysfunctional institutions—low levels of capacity (the organizational ability to get things done) and low levels of integrity (the value system that underpins organizational behavior). The analysis also identifies the kinds of actions visible in the anti-corruption university that indicate how to fight this scourge in African higher education.

Keywords: Corruption; Capacity; Integrity; Micropolitics; Academic project; South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035320233
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