Stubborn Structures - Bálint Magyar

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Résumé :
List of Figures, List of Tables, Editor's Preface, I. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS Henry E. Hale: Freeing Post-Soviet Regimes from the Procrustean Bed of Democracy Theory, J?nos Kornai: The System Paradigm Revisited: Clarification and Additions in the Light Of Experiences in the Post-Communist Region, Oleksandr Fisun: Neopatrimonialism in Post-Soviet Eurasia, B?lint Magyar: Towards a Terminology for Post-communist Regimes, II. ACTORS OF POWER Nikolay Petrov: Putin's Neo-Nomenklatura System and its Evolution, Mikhail Minakov: Republic of Clans: The Evolution of the Ukrainian Political System, Uladzimir Rouda: Is Belarus a Classic Post-Communist Mafia State?, L?szl? N?ndor Magyari: The Romanian Patronal System of Public Corruption, III. TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS Zolt?n Sz. B?r?: The Russian Party System, Andrei Kazakevich: The Belarusian Non-Party Political System: Government, Trust and Institutions, 1990-2015, Mikl?s Haraszti: Illiberal State Censorship: A Must-have Accessory for Any Mafia State, Dumitru Minzarari: Disarming Public Protests in Russia: Transforming Public Goods into Private Goods, IV. WEALTH AND OWNERSHIP Andrey Ryabov: The Institution of Power & Ownership in the Former USSR: Origin, Diversity of Forms, and Influence on Transformation Processes, Ilja Viktorov: Russia's Network State and Reiderstvo Practices: The Roots to Weak Property Rights Protection after the post-Communist Transition, B?lint Magyar: From Free Market Corruption Risk to the Certainty of a State-Run Criminal Organization (using Hungary as an example) V. CONTRASTS AND CONNECTIONS, Alexei Pikulik: Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine as Post-Soviet Rent[1]Seeking Regimes, Sarah Chayes: The Structure of Corruption: A Systemic Analysis, K?lm?n Mizsei: The New East European Patronal States and the Rule-of-Law, B?lint Magyar: Parallel System Narratives-Polish and Hungarian Regime Formations Compared, List of Contributors , Index....

Biographie:

B?lint Magyar is Research Fellow at CEU Democracy Institute, working on the subject of patronalism in post-communist countries.

He was a member of the Hungarian Parliament (1990-2010). As a Minister of Education (1996-1998...

Sommaire:
The present volume represents a major step forward in the effort to understand post-communist politics in ways that escape the procrustean bed of theory oriented primarily to the democratization research agenda....