Christoph H. Stefes

Understanding Post-Soviet Transitions

Corruption, Collusion and Clientelism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Euro-Asian Studies
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-51876-0
• 1st ed. 2006
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 287g
• ISBN-13: 9781349518760
• ISBN-10: 134951876X
• Artikelnr.: 45586099

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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

Rezensionen

'The book should be a valuable eye-opener for all interested in the region.' - B.G. Hewitt, Slavonic& East European Review