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

Kelly M. McMann

Published by Cornell University Press 2015

Corruption as a Last Resort

Adapting to the Market in Central Asia

Kelly M. McMann
Funded by: Knowledge Unlatched

https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801454912

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About this book

Using evidence from her long-term research in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, Kelly M. McMann traces the situations that drive individuals to illicitly seek employment and loans from government officials.

Author / Editor information

Kelly M. McMann is Associate Professor of Political Science at Case Western Reserve University.

Reviews

Michael Johnston, Charles A. Dana Professor of Political Science, Colgate University, author of Syndromes of Corruption:

The cases in Corruption as a Last Resort are interesting and important, and Kelly M. McMann knows them well. McMann's use of field data is first rate. Her notion that market reforms can increase corruption is interesting and important and will catch some policymakers by surprise.

Eric McGlinchey, George Mason University, author of Chaos, Violence, Dynasty: Politics and Islam in Central Asia:

Most studies of corruption focus on large-scale rent-seeking behavior of political elites. Corruption as a Last Resort, in refreshing contrast, focuses on citizens' incentives for engaging—or not engaging—in corruption so as to secure scarce resources. Kelly M. McMann provides helpful insights into painful and partial market reforms in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and the absence of economic reforms in Uzbekistan.

Riccardo Mario Cucciolla:

This innovative theory invests in a new 'corruption from below' perspective—that considers ordinarypeople instead of elites—offering new argumentations that criticise a mere/immediate ‘market’ concept.... McMann has produced a fundamental book that will surely contribute to the research in anti-corruption studies creating a consistent basis for further research.

Leslie Holmes:

The work is overall a most welcome addition to the literature on corruption in post-communist states, while its underlying and original focus on corruptors rather than corrupt officials provides important new perspectives on corruption in general.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
List of Acronyms Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Glossary Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
1. An Absence of Alternatives A New Framework for Understanding Corruption Open Access Download PDF	1
2. Alternatives to Corruption and the Effect of Market Reform: The Arguments and Their Theoretical Implications Open Access Download PDF	20
3. Bribery, Favoritism, and Clientelism Evidence from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Open Access Download PDF	35
4. Market Actors as an Unrealized Alternative The Effect of Market Reforms Open Access Download PDF	57
5. Islamic Institutions and Secular Charities Obstacles to Providing Substitute Resources Open Access Download PDF	103
6. Families The Uneven Effect of Market Reforms Open Access Download PDF	136
7. Reducing Corruption Policy Recommendations Open Access Download PDF	159
Appendix: Statistical Analysis Open Access Download PDF	171
Index Open Access Download PDF	177

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 200
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 32
- Tables: 32
- Other: 32 tables, 1 map
Keywords: kazakhstan market reform; kyrgyzstan market reform; uzbekistan economy; illegal government loans; political corruption in central asia; antimonopoly regulations; anticorruption strategy

eBook

Published: February 6, 2015
ISBN: 9780801454912