Shady deals & rigged elections: the changing face of corruption
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The Relationship Between the Empire and the Domestic Setting
The connection between the empire and the domestic setting is really interesting. I wanted to ask you about britain's empire specifically, because were imperial contexts more vulnerable to corruption than back home in britain? Yes, they certainly were. And i mentioned earlier on the west indies islands, who had governors with these multiple rolls. I think that's certainly one systemic problem that the empire faces. It took a very long time for e letters to be sent from london to the colony and then from the colony back again.
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