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

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

Mansfeldová, Zdenka
Pleines, Heiko

Paperback

Series: Changing Europe, Book 8

General Political ScienceInternational Relations

ISBN10: 3838201736
ISBN13: 9783838201733
Publisher: Ibidem Pr
Published: Nov 1 2012
Pages: 314
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.66 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
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-socialist Central and Eastern Europe as a particular region where formal democratic rules have been established, but competing informal rules are still strong. A broad spectrum of related analytical concepts is discussed from different perspectives and from different academic disciplines, then empirical cases of the relationship between informal relations and democratic representation are analyzed. The contributions span the whole continuum, as we perceive it, from civil society networks seen as supporting democratic representation to the perversion of democratic representation through political corruption. The final part of the book takes a closer look at corruption through four case studies from Russia.

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