How corruption and anti-corruption policies sustain hybrid regimes strategies of political domination under ukraine's presidents in 1994-2014

How corruption and anti-corruption policies sustain hybrid regimes strategies of political domination under ukraine's presidents in 1994-2014 / Oksana Huss, Tobias Debiel and Andrea Gawrich.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Huss, Oksana
Corporate Author: Recorded Books, Inc
Other Authors: Gawrich, Andrea, Debiel, Tobias
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Ibidem Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Since 1991
Political science.
Political corruption > Ukraine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Former Soviet Union.
Politics and government
Political corruption
Political science
Ukraine > Politics and government > 1991-2014.
Ukraine
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Abstract
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword by Tobias Debiel and Andrea Gawrich
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. The research puzzle
  • 1.2. The research question
  • 1.3. The central argument
  • 1.4. Methods of data collection and analysis
  • 1.5. The structure of this study
  • 2. Conceptualizing corruption: Definitions, typologies and explanatory approaches
  • 2.1. From worldview to the concept
  • 2.2. Core characteristics of corruption
  • 2.3. Varieties of corruption
  • 2.3.1. Distinguishing context: Corruption as an exception vs. corruption as the norm
  • 2.3.2. Distinguishing relevant forms of corruption
  • 2.4. Corruption as an umbrella concept
  • 2.4.1. Particularism and conflict of interest
  • 2.4.2. Clientelism
  • 2.4.3. Patronage
  • 2.4.4. Control in clientelistic and patronage networks
  • 2.4.5. Patrimonialism
  • 2.4.6. State capture
  • 2.5. System as an analytical concept for corruption clusters in hybrid regimes
  • 2.5.1. Defining the system of corruption
  • 2.5.2. Typology of the system of corruption
  • 3. Combining constructivist and empirical-analytical perspectives on corruption
  • 3.1. Constructivist perspective
  • 3.1.1. Corruption as an empty signifier
  • 3.1.2. From articulation to construction of social identities and institutions
  • 3.1.3. Framing corruption as a tool in political tactics
  • 3.1.4. The role of corruption and anti-corruption in hegemonic struggle
  • 3.2. Theoretical explanatory approaches to corruption: Agency vs. institutions
  • 3.2.1. Agency-centered micro-perspective
  • 3.2.2. Institution-centered macro-perspective
  • 3.3. Synthesis: Variety of corruption meanings as framing options
  • 4. Conceptualizing hybrid regimes and the role of corruption in them
  • 4.1. Hybrid regime concepts at a glance
  • 4.2. Characteristics of hybrid regimes
  • 4.2.1. Distinguishing hybrid regimes from democracy and authoritarianism
  • 4.2.2. Uneven playing field
  • 4.2.3. Power asymmetries in semi-presidentialism
  • 4.2.4. The interplay of formal and informal institutions in hybrid regimes
  • 4.3. Dynamic of hybrid regimes and the role of corruption
  • 4.3.1. Scenarios of elite interaction and corresponding type of corruption systems
  • 4.3.2. Operationalizing regime dynamics
  • 4.4. Operationalizing actors' action: political strategy and tactics in hybrid regimes
  • 4.4.1. The interplay of structural context and individual actors' action
  • 4.4.2. Defining strategy and tactics
  • 4.4.3. Actors' strategic calculations in hybrid regimes: Goals, resources, environment
  • 5. The system of corruption in Ukraine and its role in sustaining regime hybridity
  • 5.1. The role of the oligarchs
  • 5.2. A system of corruption model

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