Understanding Post-Soviet Transitions
Corruption, Collusion and Clientelism
Published on 25. July 2006
Book
Hardback
XII, 211 pages
978-1-4039-3658-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides an account of systemic corruption within the context of post-Soviet economic and political transitions. Focusing on Armenia and Georgia, it shows how systemic corruption has developed since the fall of Soviet rule and how corruption has shaped the emerging economic and political systems of these two countries.
Reviews / Votes
'The book should be a valuable eye-opener for all interested in the region.' - B.G. Hewitt, Slavonic& East European Review
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Series
Edition
2006 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave USA
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
3 s/w Abbildungen
XII, 211 p. 3 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4039-3658-5 (9781403936585)
DOI
10.1057/9780230287464
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
CHRISTOPH H. STEFES is Assistant Professor of Comparative European and Post-Soviet Studies at the Department for Political Science, University of Colorado at Denver, USA. His research focuses on the economic and political transitions in the former Soviet Union.
Content
Introduction A Theoretical Framework for Understanding the Role of Corruption in Post-Soviet Transitions Armenia and Georgia since Independence Systematic Corruption in Transition Political Transitions and Systematic Corruption in Armenia and Georgia Centralized and Decentralized Systematic Corruption: Assessing the Consequences Dismantling Systematic Corruption: assessing Recent Anti-corruption Strategies in Georgia and Armenia Conclusion