Building business in post-communist Russia, eastern Europe, and Eurasia : collective goods, selective incentives, and predatory states /

Prior to 1989, the communist countries of Eastern Europe and the USSR lacked genuine employer and industry associations. After the collapse of communism, industry associations mushroomed throughout the region. Duvanova argues that abusive regulatory regimes discourage the formation of business assoc...

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Building Business in Post-Communist Russia, Eastern Europe, & Eurasia
1. Verfasser:
Duvanova, Dinissa
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Prior to 1989, the communist countries of Eastern Europe and the USSR lacked genuine employer and industry associations. After the collapse of communism, industry associations mushroomed throughout the region. Duvanova argues that abusive regulatory regimes discourage the formation of business associations and poor regulatory enforcement tends to encourage associational membership growth. Academic research often treats special interest groups as vehicles of protectionism and non-productive collusion. This book challenges this perspective with evidence of market-friendly activities by industry associations and their benign influence on patterns of public governance. Careful analysis of cross-national quantitative data spanning more than 25 countries, and qualitative examination of business associations in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Croatia, shows that postcommunist business associations function as substitutes for state and private mechanisms of economic governance. These arguments and empirical findings put the long-standing issues of economic regulations, public goods and collective action in a new theoretical perspective.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xxiii, 251 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Anmerkungen:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781139604147
1139604147
9781139611015
1139611011
9781139609234
1139609238
9781139612876
1139612875
9781139622172
113962217X
9781139625890
1139625896
9781139616591
1139616595
9781139343237
1139343238
Schlagworte:
Trade associations > Russia (Federation).
Pressure groups > Russia (Federation).
Trade associations > Europe, Eastern.
Pressure groups > Europe, Eastern.
Trade associations > Eurasia.
Pressure groups > Eurasia.
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