Corruption as a Last Resort : : Adapting to the Market in Central Asia / / Kelly M. McMann.

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (200 p.) :; 32 tables, 1 map
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Acronyms
  • Glossary
  • 1. An Absence of Alternatives
  • 2. Alternatives to Corruption and the Effect of Market Reform: The Arguments and Their Theoretical Implications
  • 3. Bribery, Favoritism, and Clientelism
  • 4. Market Actors as an Unrealized Alternative
  • 5. Islamic Institutions and Secular Charities
  • 6. Families
  • 7. Reducing Corruption
  • Appendix: Statistical Analysis
  • Index