Introduction: Antecedents and the trajectory of history -- Political culture and institutionalization : defining characteristics -- Contested discourse : policy dissonance and the limits of deliberative consensus -- Corruption and development : value ethics in comparative perspective -- Corruption and political decay : an institutional footnote -- Corruption and socialization : a cultural hypothesis -- Constructing identities : norms of dissent and political action in the Niger Delta -- Developing national security policy : context and competing imperatives -- Strategic fusion : the making of a grand doctrine -- Reconciling state and citizenship : civic culture and national development planning -- Appendices: -- A. Divergent identities : a social constructivist analysis of conflict and political action in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. (informed Consent Questionnaire AUM IRB 2009-28) -- B. Zonal ArcMaps : hotspot analysis of geographical clusters of respondents' opinions -- C. Respondents' sampled opinions on crucial policy and national issues
