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Building business in post-communist Russia, eastern Europe, and Eurasia : collective goods, selective incentives, and predatory states /
"This book examines the development of business interest representation in the postcommunist countries of Eastern Europe and Eurasia. The central argument is that abusive regulatory regimes discourage the formation of business associations. At the same time, poor regulatory enforcement tends to...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This book examines the development of business interest representation in the postcommunist countries of Eastern Europe and Eurasia. The central argument is that abusive regulatory regimes discourage the formation of business associations. At the same time, 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 of industry associations as well as their benign influence on patterns of public governance. Careful analysis of cross-national quantitative data that spans more than 25 countries, as well as the qualitative examination of the development 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. They challenge corrupt bureaucracy and contribute to the establishment of effective and predictable regulatory regimes. These arguments and empirical findings put the long-standing issues of economic regulations, public goods, and collective action in a new theoretical perspective"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 251 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-239) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139625890 1139625896 9781139343237 1139343238 9781139612876 1139612875 9781139616591 1139616595 1139604147 9781139604147 1139611011 9781139611015 1139609238 9781139609234 9781107454378 1107454379 |
| Acceso: | Access restricted to Ryerson students, faculty and staff. |