Leslie Holmes
Biographic Data
| ID | 3628952 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leslie Holmes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leslie |
| FAMILY NAME | Holmes |
| SIGNATURE | HOLMES L |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Xi Jinping’s anticorruption campaign: The politics of revenge
Comparing Police Corruption: Bulgaria, Germany, Russia and Singapore
This book analyses police corruption across four country case studies, exploring how the problem manifests in each country and how it can be reduced. The problem of police corruption ranges from having to pay a bribe to a traffic cop to avoid a speeding fine, right up to more serious forms, such as collusion with organised crime groups and terrorists. The issue therefore constitutes a significant security threat and a human rights issue, but it i…
Transition from Communism
Until the end of the 1980s, approximately one third of the world's population lived in communist systems. But most of these systems collapsed like dominoes between 1989 and 1991. Many social scientists assumed that the old systems would be replaced by liberal democracies. In fact, whereas most of the states in Central and South East Europe have become democracies – some more successfully than others – most of those further east have mutated into …
Europe: Rethinking the Boundaries: Rethinking the Boundaries
Citizenship and Identity in Europe
Introduction - citizenship and identity in Europe, Leslie Holmes and Philomena Murray citizenship and the law of the European Union, Martin Vranken European citizenship - unfinished business, Stephen Hall democracy and multiculturalism in Western Europe, Stephen Castles pluralism and citizenship - the case of gender in European politics, Gisela Kaplan citizenship on the margins - the case of divorce in Western Europe, Linda Hancock exclusion and …
Europe: Rethinking the Boundaries
Totalitarianism
Corruption: A Very Short Introduction
Corruption is one of the biggest global issues, ahead of extreme poverty, unemployment, the rising cost of food and energy, climate change, and terrorism. It is thought to be one of the principal causes of poverty around the globe. Its significance in the contemporary world cannot be overestimated. Corruption: A Very Short Introduction notes that corruption is as old as humanity itself, and then considers why the international community has only …
Combating Corruption in China: The Role of the State and Other Agencies in Comparative Perspective
This paper is the first to compare China’s current anti-corruption approach with those of both post-communist and other Sinic states/regions. Its principal purpose is to compare anti-corruption in China with the situation in countries that constitute appropriate comparators—either systemically (post-communist transition states) or culturally(predominantly Sinic states/regions)—and suggest ways in which China could usefully learn from these compar…
Different Paths to Curbing Corruption: Lessons from Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore
Police Corruption: Essential Readings
Police corruption is unquestionably one of the worst forms of corruption, as it can become a serious security issue and undermine a state's legitimacy.This research review brings together the most informative scholarly and practitioner contributions on the subject in recent decades. It covers major aspects of police corruption, including its significance and impact, public perceptions, the causes of corruption and the problem of police culture. I…
Perestroika: A Reassessment
View correction statement:Corrigendum Notes * This article was originally published with errors. This version has been corrected. Please see corrigendum (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2013.779788) 1 For a recent analysis see Brown (2009 Brown, A. 2009. The Rise and Fall of Communism, London: The Bodley Head. [Google Scholar], pp. 481–602). 2 As Archie Brown (2011 Brown, A. 2011. The Gorbachev Factor Revisited. Problems of Post-Communism, 58(…
Postcommunist Transitions and Corruption: Mapping Patterns
While corruption exists throughout post-communist Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, the situation has in recent years improved in some countries while deteriorating in others. This article maps the corruption patterns, both in terms of where the problem is more and less acute, and regarding apparent bivariate correlations. While most of the latter are more or less in line with global patterns - wealthier and more democratic …
Corruption in Post-Soviet Russia
Corruption has been a serious problem in post-Soviet Russia – though there was also much more of it in Soviet Russia than is generally realised. This article considers the scale of the problem, its causes and what both the authorities and civil society are doing about it. It argues that President Medvedev has been genuine in wanting to reduce corruption, and much more committed to this than either of his predecessors were. But corruption is so wi…
Trafficking and Human Rights: European and Asia-Pacific Perspectives
Introduction: The Issue of Human Trafficking Leslie Holmes 2. Human Trafficking: A Challenge for the European Union and its Member States (with particular reference to Poland) Zbigniew Lasocik 3. Responses to Sex Trafficking: Gender, Borders and 'Home' Sanja Milivojevic and Marie Segrave 4. People Smuggling and Human Trafficking Within, From and Through Central and Eastern Europe Leslie Holmes 5. 'Boys will be Boys': Human Trafficking and UN Peac…
Trafficking and Human Rights: European and Asia-Pacific Perspectives
Crime, organised crime and corruption in post-communist Europe and the CIS
This article examines the incomplete and sometimes contradictory evidence on the crime, organised crime and corruption situations in post-communist states, and then seeks to explain the apparent increase in all three in early post-communism. Among the factors considered are the impact of weak states and economies, neo-liberalism, globalisation, Schengen and Fortress Europe, the Communist legacy (the ‘ghost from the past’), and collusion. The arti…
Communism: A Very Short Introduction
The collapse of communism was one of the most defining moments of the 20th century. This introduction examines the history behind the political, economic, and social structures of communism as an ideology
Corruption and Organised Crime in Putin's Russia
In his long final press conference asPresident of Russia (14 February 2008), Vladimir Putin somewhat smugly claimed that he had basically accomplished all he had set out to when he became president
Rotten States? Corruption, Post-Communism, and Neoliberalism
Official corruption has become increasingly prevalent around the world since the early 1990s. The situation appears to be particularly acute in the post-communist states. Corruption - be it real or perceived - is a major problem with concrete implications, including a lowered likelihood of foreign investment. In Rotten States? Leslie Holmes analyzes corruption in post-communist countries, paying particular attention to Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, …
Post-Communist Democratization: Political Discourses across Thirteen Countries
Post-Communist Democratization: Political Discourses across Thirteen Countries
Democracy is not just a matter of constitutions, parliaments, elections, parties and the rule of law. In order to see if or how democracy works, we must attend to what people make of it, and what they think they are doing as they engage with politics, or as politics engages them. This book examines the way democracy and democratization are thought about and lived by people in China, Russia and eleven other countries in the post-communist world. I…
Social sciences and market transitions
Both of these books can be highly recommended, but for different reasons. Christopher Hann's edited collection will help to raise the profile of the social anthropological approach in post-communist studies, and our awareness of attitudes 'on the ground', especially in rural communities. The methodologies of the Emigh and Szelényi collection will be more familiar to most readers, but the book contains valuable new data and some welcome problemati…
The Real World of Civic Republicanism: Making Democracy Work in Poland and the Czech Republic
WITHIN THE BURGEONING FIELD OF TRANSITION STUDIES, some of the most influential analysts maintain that a consolidated democratic politics is possible only if properly organised around well-behaved parties and interest groups that represent the key material interests of different sections of society, be they workers, business, farmers, particular industries, pensioners, the unemployed or the urban middle class. This consensus aligns scholars with …
Towards a stabilization of party systems in the post-communist countries
The absence or near-absence of liberal traditions in Central and Eastern Europe had led to the fear that pluralistic party systems might not emerge in post-communist countries; moreover, the fact that the countries of the area had to reconstruct their political system as well as their economy and their society, rendered the challenge particularly difficult to meet. Yet viable party arrangements are now found in a number of these countries, althou…
Post-Communist Democratization: Political Discourses across Thirteen Countries
Democracy is not just a matter of constitutions, parliaments, elections, parties and the rule of law. In order to see if or how democracy works, we must attend to what people make of it, and what they think they are doing as they engage with politics, or as politics engages them. This book examines the way democracy and democratization are thought about and lived by people in China, Russia and eleven other countries in the post-communist world. I…
Rotten States? Corruption, Post-Communism, and Neoliberalism
Official corruption has become increasingly prevalent around the world since the early 1990s. The situation appears to be particularly acute in the post-communist states. Corruption - be it real or perceived - is a major problem with concrete implications, including a lowered likelihood of foreign investment. In Rotten States? Leslie Holmes analyzes corruption in post-communist countries, paying particular attention to Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, …
Corruption in Post-Soviet Russia
Corruption has been a serious problem in post-Soviet Russia – though there was also much more of it in Soviet Russia than is generally realised. This article considers the scale of the problem, its causes and what both the authorities and civil society are doing about it. It argues that President Medvedev has been genuine in wanting to reduce corruption, and much more committed to this than either of his predecessors were. But corruption is so wi…
Crime, organised crime and corruption in post-communist Europe and the CIS
This article examines the incomplete and sometimes contradictory evidence on the crime, organised crime and corruption situations in post-communist states, and then seeks to explain the apparent increase in all three in early post-communism. Among the factors considered are the impact of weak states and economies, neo-liberalism, globalisation, Schengen and Fortress Europe, the Communist legacy (the ‘ghost from the past’), and collusion. The arti…
Corruption and Organised Crime in Putin's Russia
In his long final press conference asPresident of Russia (14 February 2008), Vladimir Putin somewhat smugly claimed that he had basically accomplished all he had set out to when he became president
The Real World of Civic Republicanism: Making Democracy Work in Poland and the Czech Republic
WITHIN THE BURGEONING FIELD OF TRANSITION STUDIES, some of the most influential analysts maintain that a consolidated democratic politics is possible only if properly organised around well-behaved parties and interest groups that represent the key material interests of different sections of society, be they workers, business, farmers, particular industries, pensioners, the unemployed or the urban middle class. This consensus aligns scholars with …
Perestroika: A Reassessment
View correction statement:Corrigendum Notes * This article was originally published with errors. This version has been corrected. Please see corrigendum (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2013.779788) 1 For a recent analysis see Brown (2009 Brown, A. 2009. The Rise and Fall of Communism, London: The Bodley Head. [Google Scholar], pp. 481–602). 2 As Archie Brown (2011 Brown, A. 2011. The Gorbachev Factor Revisited. Problems of Post-Communism, 58(…
Postcommunist Transitions and Corruption: Mapping Patterns
While corruption exists throughout post-communist Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, the situation has in recent years improved in some countries while deteriorating in others. This article maps the corruption patterns, both in terms of where the problem is more and less acute, and regarding apparent bivariate correlations. While most of the latter are more or less in line with global patterns - wealthier and more democratic …
Post-Communist Democratization: Political Discourses across Thirteen Countries
Towards a stabilization of party systems in the post-communist countries
The absence or near-absence of liberal traditions in Central and Eastern Europe had led to the fear that pluralistic party systems might not emerge in post-communist countries; moreover, the fact that the countries of the area had to reconstruct their political system as well as their economy and their society, rendered the challenge particularly difficult to meet. Yet viable party arrangements are now found in a number of these countries, althou…
Research on the post‐communist world: An overview and an Agenda
The collapse of communism has left many specialists on the former communist world depressed and pessimistic about their own future role. This article starts by identifying five major reasons for depression—the problem of the ‘fellow‐traveller'; ‘redundant’ research; unfamiliar instability; the marginalised ‘go‐between'; non‐prediction. Counterarguments to—alternative perceptions on—each of these is then provided. In the concluding section, I prop…
The Soviet Union 1976–77: Domestic, Economic and Foreign Policy, Vol. 4
Journal Article The Soviet Union 1976–77: Domestic, Economic and Foreign Policy, Vol. 4 Get access The Soviet Union 1976–77: Domestic, Economic and Foreign Policy, Vol. 4. Edited by Wolfgang Berneret al. . New York, London: Holmes and Meier. 1979. 270pp. $24.50. L. T. Holmes L. T. Holmes 1University of Kent at Canterbury Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 56, Issue 2, April 1980,…
On Communism, Post-Communism, Modernity and Post-Modernity
Research on the post‐communist world: An overview and an Agenda
The collapse of communism has left many specialists on the former communist world depressed and pessimistic about their own future role. This article starts by identifying five major reasons for depression—the problem of the ‘fellow‐traveller'; ‘redundant’ research; unfamiliar instability; the marginalised ‘go‐between'; non‐prediction. Counterarguments to—alternative perceptions on—each of these is then provided. In the concluding section, I prop…
Towards a stabilization of party systems in the post-communist countries
The absence or near-absence of liberal traditions in Central and Eastern Europe had led to the fear that pluralistic party systems might not emerge in post-communist countries; moreover, the fact that the countries of the area had to reconstruct their political system as well as their economy and their society, rendered the challenge particularly difficult to meet. Yet viable party arrangements are now found in a number of these countries, althou…
The Real World of Civic Republicanism: Making Democracy Work in Poland and the Czech Republic
WITHIN THE BURGEONING FIELD OF TRANSITION STUDIES, some of the most influential analysts maintain that a consolidated democratic politics is possible only if properly organised around well-behaved parties and interest groups that represent the key material interests of different sections of society, be they workers, business, farmers, particular industries, pensioners, the unemployed or the urban middle class. This consensus aligns scholars with …
Post-Communist Democratization: Political Discourses across Thirteen Countries
Democracy is not just a matter of constitutions, parliaments, elections, parties and the rule of law. In order to see if or how democracy works, we must attend to what people make of it, and what they think they are doing as they engage with politics, or as politics engages them. This book examines the way democracy and democratization are thought about and lived by people in China, Russia and eleven other countries in the post-communist world. I…
Social sciences and market transitions
Both of these books can be highly recommended, but for different reasons. Christopher Hann's edited collection will help to raise the profile of the social anthropological approach in post-communist studies, and our awareness of attitudes 'on the ground', especially in rural communities. The methodologies of the Emigh and Szelényi collection will be more familiar to most readers, but the book contains valuable new data and some welcome problemati…
Post-Communist Democratization: Political Discourses across Thirteen Countries
Rotten States? Corruption, Post-Communism, and Neoliberalism
Official corruption has become increasingly prevalent around the world since the early 1990s. The situation appears to be particularly acute in the post-communist states. Corruption - be it real or perceived - is a major problem with concrete implications, including a lowered likelihood of foreign investment. In Rotten States? Leslie Holmes analyzes corruption in post-communist countries, paying particular attention to Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, …
Corruption and Organised Crime in Putin's Russia
In his long final press conference asPresident of Russia (14 February 2008), Vladimir Putin somewhat smugly claimed that he had basically accomplished all he had set out to when he became president
Crime, organised crime and corruption in post-communist Europe and the CIS
This article examines the incomplete and sometimes contradictory evidence on the crime, organised crime and corruption situations in post-communist states, and then seeks to explain the apparent increase in all three in early post-communism. Among the factors considered are the impact of weak states and economies, neo-liberalism, globalisation, Schengen and Fortress Europe, the Communist legacy (the ‘ghost from the past’), and collusion. The arti…
Communism: A Very Short Introduction
The collapse of communism was one of the most defining moments of the 20th century. This introduction examines the history behind the political, economic, and social structures of communism as an ideology
Trafficking and Human Rights: European and Asia-Pacific Perspectives
Introduction: The Issue of Human Trafficking Leslie Holmes 2. Human Trafficking: A Challenge for the European Union and its Member States (with particular reference to Poland) Zbigniew Lasocik 3. Responses to Sex Trafficking: Gender, Borders and 'Home' Sanja Milivojevic and Marie Segrave 4. People Smuggling and Human Trafficking Within, From and Through Central and Eastern Europe Leslie Holmes 5. 'Boys will be Boys': Human Trafficking and UN Peac…
Trafficking and Human Rights: European and Asia-Pacific Perspectives
Corruption in Post-Soviet Russia
Corruption has been a serious problem in post-Soviet Russia – though there was also much more of it in Soviet Russia than is generally realised. This article considers the scale of the problem, its causes and what both the authorities and civil society are doing about it. It argues that President Medvedev has been genuine in wanting to reduce corruption, and much more committed to this than either of his predecessors were. But corruption is so wi…
Perestroika: A Reassessment
View correction statement:Corrigendum Notes * This article was originally published with errors. This version has been corrected. Please see corrigendum (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2013.779788) 1 For a recent analysis see Brown (2009 Brown, A. 2009. The Rise and Fall of Communism, London: The Bodley Head. [Google Scholar], pp. 481–602). 2 As Archie Brown (2011 Brown, A. 2011. The Gorbachev Factor Revisited. Problems of Post-Communism, 58(…
Postcommunist Transitions and Corruption: Mapping Patterns
While corruption exists throughout post-communist Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, the situation has in recent years improved in some countries while deteriorating in others. This article maps the corruption patterns, both in terms of where the problem is more and less acute, and regarding apparent bivariate correlations. While most of the latter are more or less in line with global patterns - wealthier and more democratic …
Police Corruption: Essential Readings
Police corruption is unquestionably one of the worst forms of corruption, as it can become a serious security issue and undermine a state's legitimacy.This research review brings together the most informative scholarly and practitioner contributions on the subject in recent decades. It covers major aspects of police corruption, including its significance and impact, public perceptions, the causes of corruption and the problem of police culture. I…
Totalitarianism
Corruption: A Very Short Introduction
Corruption is one of the biggest global issues, ahead of extreme poverty, unemployment, the rising cost of food and energy, climate change, and terrorism. It is thought to be one of the principal causes of poverty around the globe. Its significance in the contemporary world cannot be overestimated. Corruption: A Very Short Introduction notes that corruption is as old as humanity itself, and then considers why the international community has only …
Combating Corruption in China: The Role of the State and Other Agencies in Comparative Perspective
This paper is the first to compare China’s current anti-corruption approach with those of both post-communist and other Sinic states/regions. Its principal purpose is to compare anti-corruption in China with the situation in countries that constitute appropriate comparators—either systemically (post-communist transition states) or culturally(predominantly Sinic states/regions)—and suggest ways in which China could usefully learn from these compar…
Different Paths to Curbing Corruption: Lessons from Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore
Europe: Rethinking the Boundaries: Rethinking the Boundaries
Citizenship and Identity in Europe
Introduction - citizenship and identity in Europe, Leslie Holmes and Philomena Murray citizenship and the law of the European Union, Martin Vranken European citizenship - unfinished business, Stephen Hall democracy and multiculturalism in Western Europe, Stephen Castles pluralism and citizenship - the case of gender in European politics, Gisela Kaplan citizenship on the margins - the case of divorce in Western Europe, Linda Hancock exclusion and …
Europe: Rethinking the Boundaries
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