Informal Relations from Democratic Representation to Corruption : Case studies from Central and Eastern Europe.

Informal relations have been one of the major research topics of the social sciences since the 1990s. In order to allow for meaningful comparisons between different combinations of the positive and negative effects of informal relations on democratic representation, this book focuses on post-sociali...

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Main Author: Mansfeldová, Zdenka
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2014.
Series:Changing Europe.
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Basic Public Services and Informal Power: An Analytical Framework for Sector Governance; 3. Conflict of Interest as a Research-Analytical Category; 4. Evaluating the Harmonization of Criminal Provisions on Corruption in Central and Eastern Europe; 5. Understanding Post-Soviet Petty Corruption. Informal Institutions, Legitimacy, and State Criticism; 6. Civil Society and the Legitimacy of the EU Polity. Using Network Analysis to Analyse Linkages Among Actors.
  • 7. Patterns of Inter-Organizational Collaboration of Nonprofits in Central Europe8. Successor Parties and Trade Unions in the Post-Communist States. Institutionalizing Informal Relationships; 9. 'Ethno-Business'. The Unexpected Consequence of National Minority Policies in Romania; 10. If You Ignore It, It Will (Not) Go Away. Exploring How and Why the International Community Turned a Blind Eye to Corruption in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo; 11. Informal Practices in Russia. State Influence on Foreign Companies Operating in Russia; 12. Academic Corruption in Russia.
  • 13. Informal Ways of Obtaining Grades in Modern Russian Universities. How Daily Ties Become Corruption Networks14. Modern Russian Homeowners' Associations as Res Publicae. The Relationship between Commonwealth and Corruption; Bibliography; About the Authors.