The politics of bureaucratic corruption in post-transitional Eastern Europe / Marina Zaloznaya, University of Iowa.
2017
KJC9015 .Z35 2017 (Mapit)
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The politics of bureaucratic corruption in post-transitional Eastern Europe / Marina Zaloznaya, University of Iowa.
Imprint
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Copyright
©2017.
Description
xi, 214 pages ; 24 cm.
Series
Cambridge studies in law and society.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
Beyond transition: political turnover and bureaucratic corruption in hybrid regimes
The secret life of universities in post-Soviet Ukraine
Fear and transparency in the universities of post-Soviet Belarus
High political turnover and cross-organizational variation in corruption in post-Soviet Ukraine
Low political turnover and cross-sectoral variation in corruption in post-Soviet Belarus
Conclusion.
Beyond transition: political turnover and bureaucratic corruption in hybrid regimes
The secret life of universities in post-Soviet Ukraine
Fear and transparency in the universities of post-Soviet Belarus
High political turnover and cross-organizational variation in corruption in post-Soviet Ukraine
Low political turnover and cross-sectoral variation in corruption in post-Soviet Belarus
Conclusion.
Summary
Using a mix of ethnographic, survey, and comparative historical methodologies, this book offers an unprecedented insight into the corruption economies of Ukrainian and Belarusian universities, hospitals, and secondary schools. Its detailed analysis suggests that political turnover in hybrid political regimes has a strong impact on petty economic crime in service-provision bureaucracies. Theoretically, the book rejects the dominant paradigm that attributes corruption to the allegedly ongoing political transition. Instead, it develops a more nuanced approach that appreciates the complexity of corruption economies in non-Western societies, embraces the local meanings and functions of corruption, and recognizes the stability of new post-transitional regimes in Eastern Europe and beyond. This book offers a critical look at the social costs of transparency, develops a blueprint for a 'sociology of corruption', and offers concrete and feasible policy recommendations. It will appeal to scholars across the social sciences, policymakers and a variety of anti-corruption and social justice activists.
Note
Using a mix of ethnographic, survey, and comparative historical methodologies, this book offers an unprecedented insight into the corruption economies of Ukrainian and Belarusian universities, hospitals, and secondary schools. Its detailed analysis suggests that political turnover in hybrid political regimes has a strong impact on petty economic crime in service-provision bureaucracies. Theoretically, the book rejects the dominant paradigm that attributes corruption to the allegedly ongoing political transition. Instead, it develops a more nuanced approach that appreciates the complexity of corruption economies in non-Western societies, embraces the local meanings and functions of corruption, and recognizes the stability of new post-transitional regimes in Eastern Europe and beyond. This book offers a critical look at the social costs of transparency, develops a blueprint for a 'sociology of corruption', and offers concrete and feasible policy recommendations. It will appeal to scholars across the social sciences, policymakers and a variety of anti-corruption and social justice activists.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KJC9015 .Z35 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781107184312 hardcover
1107184312 hardcover
1107184312 hardcover
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