Informal Networks, Clientelism and Corruption in Politics, State Administration, Business and Society. Case Studies from Central and Eastern Europe

 

5th Changing Europe Summer School
 

Informal Networks, Clientelism and Corruption in Politics, State Administration, Business and Society. Case Studies from Central and Eastern Europe

Prague (Czech Republic) 1 - 7 August 2010

Organised by the Research Centre for East European Studies (University of Bremen) and the Institute of Sociology (Czech Academy of Sciences) with financial support from the Volkswagen Foundation




Participants and papers 

Selected papers have been published in the Changing Europe book series.



Akhmedzhanova, Dilorom (European University at St. Petersburg, Russia)

Modern Russian homeowners' associations as res publica. The relationship between commonwealth and corruption




Denisova-Schmidt, Elena (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland)

Informal practices in Russia. Some evidence from the business world




Gabor, Tomasz (European University Institute, Italy)

Patterns of inter-organizational collaboration of nonprofits in Central Europe




Guasti, Petra (University of Würzburg, Germany and Institute of Sociology, Czech Republic)

Civil society and the legitimacy of the EU polity. Using network analysis to analyse linkages among actors




Gavriliu, Andreea (University College London, UK)

"Ethno-business". The unexpected consequence of national minority policies in Romania




Hoffmann, Katharina (University of Birmingham, UK)

Informal politics and multilateralism in the post-Soviet space. Ukrainian foreign policy toward the CIS and GUAM




Iorga, Alexandru (Bucharest University, Romania)

Interests, resources and social security. Case study: Danube Delta, Romania




Jacobs, Eelco (Basel University, Switzerland)

Health systems and informal power. An analytical framework for health systems governance in weak states




Klein, Eduard (University of Bremen, Germany)

Academic corruption in Russia




Kopf, Sabrina (University of Vienna, Austria)

Democratization from below. Social networks and the promotion of gender/ethnic equality in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina




Lennhag, Mi (Lund University, Sweden)

Informal economy as rational habit and state criticism - An interview study on path dependence in and perceptions of Ukranian and Belarusian petty corruption




Leontyeva, Elvira (Pacific Ocean University, Russia)

Informal ways of obtaining grades in the modern Russian universities. How daily ties become corruption networks




Nenadovic, Maja (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

If you ignore it, it will (not) go away: exploring how and why the international community turned a blind eye to corruption in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo




Pasynkova, Veronika (European University at St. Petersburg, Russia)

Successor parties and trade unions in the post-communist states. institutionalizing informal relationships




Stankiewicz, Piotr (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland)

Conflict of interest as a research-analytical category




Zanella, Marco (Catholic University of Milan, Italy)

Evaluating the harmonisation of criminal provisions on corruption in the public sector: the focus on Central and Eastern European countries