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Contents

SIPRI Yearbook 2011

III. The South African arms deal: undermining a nascent democracy

Chapter:
1. Corruption and the arms trade: sins of commission
Source:
SIPRI Yearbook 2011
Author(s):
Andrew Feinstein, Paul Holden, Barnaby Pace

South Africa’s Strategic Defence Procurement signed in 1999, hereafter referred to as the ‘arms deal’, was one of the most controversial acts of the country’s post-apartheid democratic government, which came to power promising to reduce military spending in favour of socio-economic development.20 Critics have pointed to the arms deal’s excessive cost, questionable utility and a host of corruption allegations that led to criminal trials fuelled by a haphazard and suspect procurement process.21 For these reasons and more, it exemplifies much about corruption in the arms trade.

Citation (MLA):
Feinstein, Andrew, Paul Holden, and Barnaby Pace. "1. Corruption and the arms trade: sins of commission." SIPRI Yearbook 2010. SIPRI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2010. Web. 18 Jun. 2013. <http://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199695522/sipri-9780199695522-div1-7.xml>.
Citation (APA):
Feinstein, A., Holden, P., & Pace, B. (2010). 1. Corruption and the arms trade: sins of commission. In SIPRI, SIPRI Yearbook 2011. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 18 Jun. 2013, from http://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199695522/sipri-9780199695522-div1-7.xml
Citation (Chicago):
Feinstein, Andrew, Paul Holden, and Barnaby Pace. "1. Corruption and the arms trade: sins of commission." In SIPRI Yearbook 2011, SIPRI. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010). Retrieved 18 Jun. 2013, from http://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199695522/sipri-9780199695522-div1-7.xml
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