Limits of a Post-Soviet State

How Informality Replaces, Renegotiates, and Reshapes Governance in Contemporary Ukraine
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-3-8382-0885-5
Verlag: ibidem

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society

Though informed by case studies conducted in Ukraine, this book transcends its country-specific scope. It explains why informality in governance is not necessarily transitory or temporary but a constant in most political systems. The book discusses self-protective mechanisms, responses to incomplete or unfocused policy making, and strategies employed by individuals, classes, and communities to respond to unusual demands. The book argues that when state or company expectations exceed normative behavior, informal behavior continues to thrive. New tactics help cope with the reality of governance. Informality also challenges the values imposed by power through attitudes and behaviors that take place "beyond" or "in spite of" the state.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Polese, Abel

Weitere Mitwirkende

Williams, Colin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Transformationsprozesse (Politikwiss.)
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Foreword, by Colin C. Williams
Introduction: where is informality?
Informality and the (welfare) state
Informality, borders and boundaries
Border crossing, petty trade and the role of informality in breaking artificial monopolies
Informality and grey areas: introducing the "brift"
Informality between private and state initiative
The guest at the dining table: economic transitions and informal renegotiations of hospitality
Why bazaars are not wiped out by supermarkets: reflections on a possible bazaar economy
New directions in informality studies? policy making and implementation
By way of conclusion: on current and further directions in informality research

Über Autor(innen)

Abel Polese is a senior researcher at Dublin City University and Tallinn University.

Colin Williams is professor of public policy at the University of Sheffield.