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contractocracy

noun

Etymology

From contract + -ocracy.

  1. derived from contractus
  2. derived from contract
  3. suffixed as contractocracy — “contract + ocracy”

Definitions

  1. The routine use of contractors to perform the functions of government rather than regular…

    The routine use of contractors to perform the functions of government rather than regular government employees, often with the implication that the contractors are ineffective and simply enriching themselves due to government corruption.

    • There are several dissimilarities, however, between classical Underdevelopment Theory and some of the leading theoreticians of the contractocracy school in Nigeria.
    • Yusuf Bangura argues that the contractocracy thesis merely falls within what he called "third option" explanation.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA