Corruption as a Last Resort: Adapting to the Market in Central Asia
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (791 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801453275 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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McMann is Associate Professor of Political Science at Case Western Reserve University.. Kelly M
McMann finds that in these circumstances only those individuals who have affluent relatives have an alternative to corruption.By focusing on ordinary people, McMann offers a new understanding of corruption. Using evidence from her long-term research in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, McMann shows that Islamic institutions, secular charities, entrepreneurs, and banks cannot provide the jobs and credit people need. Market reform without supporting institutions, such as credit registries and antimonopoly measures, limits the resources available from the market and societal groups. McMann contends that bureaucrats, poverty, and culture do not force individuals in Central Asia to pay bribes, use connections, or sell political support. This drives individuals to illicitly seek employment and loans from government officials.A leading cause of this resource scarcity is market reform, as demonstrated by McMann's analysis of these countries as well as of Uzbekistan and global data. Previously, our knowledge was largely restricted to government officials' role in illicit exchanges. Rather, corruption is a last resort when relatives, groups in society, the market, and formal government programs cannot provide essential goods and services. From her novel approach comes a useful policy insight: supplying ordinary people with alternatives to corruption is a fundamental and important anticorruption strategy.. Why do ordinary people engage in corruption? Kelly M
Kelly M. "This innovative theory invests in a new 'corruption from below' perspectivethat considers ordinarypeople instead of elitesoffering new argumentations that criticise a mere/immediate ‘market’ concept. McMann's use of field data is first rate. Dana Professor of Political Science, Colgate University, author of Syndromes of Corruption. Corruption as a Last Resort, in refreshing contrast, focuses on citizens' incentives for engagingor not engagingin corruption so as to secure scarce resources. McMann provides helpful insights into painful and partial market reforms in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and the absence of economic reforms in Uzbekistan."Eric McGlinchey, George Mason University, author of Chaos, Violence, Dynasty: Politics and Islam in Central Asia "The cases in Co
John said excellent study of corruption motivations. Professor McMann has compiled an excellent study of the problem of petty corruption in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. The focus of the book isn't "grand corruption" (high officials and oligarchs looting state treasuries) but rather "petty corruption" when villagers pay local officials for favors. The author lived in the region and met many people to gain an understanding of the drivers of petty corruption, and to gain ideas for how corruption could be reduced in the future. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in development economics, particularly in post-Communist countries.John Christmas, author of "Democracy Society"