Understanding Post-Soviet Transitions: Corruption, Collusion and Clientelism

by Christoph H. Stefes

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403936585
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	07/25/2006
Series:	Euro-Asian Studies
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	211
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

'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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