Corruption as a Last Resort Adapting to the Market in Central Asia

Why do ordinary people engage in corruption? Kelly M. McMann contends that bureaucrats, poverty, and culture do not force individuals in Central Asia to pay bribes, use connections, or sell political support. Rather, corruption is a last resort when relatives, groups in society, the market, and form...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Knowledge Unlatched funder (funder)
Other Authors: McMann, Kelly M., 1970- author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 2014.
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423011006719
Table of Contents:
  • An absence of alternatives : a new framework for understanding corruption
  • Alternatives to corruption and the impact of market reform : the arguments and their theoretical implications
  • Bribery, favoritism, and clientelism : evidence from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
  • Market actors as an unrealized alternative : the impact of market reforms
  • Islamic institutions and secular charities : obstacles to providing substitute resources
  • Families : the uneven impact of market reforms
  • Reducing corruption : policy recommendations
  • Appendix : statistical analysis.