Limits of a Post-Soviet State - How Informality Replaces, Renegotiates, and Reshapes Governance in Contemporary Ukraine

Abel Polese, Colin Williams

ISBN 10: 3838208854 / ISBN 13: 9783838208855

Published by ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon, DE, 2020

About this Item

Though informed by case studies conducted in Ukraine, this book transcends its country-specific scope. It explains why informality in governance is not necessarily transitory or temporary but a constant in most political systems. The book discusses self-protective mechanisms, responses to incomplete or unfocused policy making, and strategies employed by individuals, classes, and communities to respond to unusual demands. The book argues that when state or company expectations exceed normative behavior, informal behavior continues to thrive. New tactics help cope with the reality of governance. Informality also challenges the values imposed by power through attitudes and behaviors that take place "beyond" or "in spite of" the state.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Limits of a Post-Soviet State - How Informality Replaces, Renegotiates, and Reshapes Governance in Contemporary Ukraine
• Publisher: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon, DE
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3838208854
• ISBN 13: 9783838208855
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 1000 grams

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Synopsis

Though informed by case studies conducted in Ukraine, this book transcends its country-specific scope. It explains why informality in governance is not necessarily transitory or temporary but a constant in most political systems. The book discusses self-protective mechanisms, responses to incomplete or unfocused policy making, and strategies employed by individuals, classes, and communities to respond to unusual demands. The book argues that when state or company expectations exceed normative behavior, informal behavior continues to thrive. New tactics help cope with the reality of governance. Informality also challenges the values imposed by power through attitudes and behaviors that take place "beyond" or "in spite of" the state.

About the Author

Abel Polese is a senior researcher at Dublin City University and Tallinn University.

Colin Williams is professor of public policy at the University of Sheffield.