Leonid Polishchuk
Biographic Data
| ID | 5869908 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leonid Polishchuk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leonid |
| FAMILY NAME | Polishchuk |
| SIGNATURE | POLISHCHUK L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4669-2025 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Statistical footprints in corruption measurement: General approach, with application to automobile license plates in Russia
We offer a novel big data approach to corruption measurement by using statistical anomalies in publicly observable allocations affected by corruption. While individual corruption incidents remain undetectable, systemic corruption leaves measurable statistical footprints by affecting distributions of observable outcomes. We apply our approach to measuring corruption in the Russian traffic police, which issues automobile licence plates. Plates that…
Social Image, Networks, and Protest Participation
Authoritarian Cooptation of Civil Society: The Case of Belarus
In Belarus, a vibrant civil society coexisted for the better part of the past decade with a firmly entrenched autocracy in a depoliticised cooptation mode. Through cooptation, the energy of civil society was channelled from representing a threat to the regime into being its resource. However, the capacity developed by civil society during this period of political inactivity was quickly redeployed for political purposes at the junction of economic…
Managing Collective Action: Government-Sponsored Community Initiatives in Russia
Russian authorities have been increasingly willing to facilitate apolitical collective action to deal with day-to-day problems. A case in point is community self-organisation, known as ‘territorial self-management’ (TSM), supported by local administrations through cost-sharing and other means. We use a unique dataset on TSM in the city of Kirov to study the causes and consequences of this phenomenon. TSM accommodates a mix of cultural traits in a…
Ruling elites’ rotation and asset ownership: Implications for property rights
After the Deluge: Regional Crises and Political Consolidation in Russia
Journal Article After the Deluge: Regional Crises and Political Consolidation in Russia Get access After the Deluge: Regional Crises and Political Consolidation in Russia by Daniel S. Treisman. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 2000. 280 pp. Cloth, $57.50; paper, $21.95. Leonid Polishchuk Leonid Polishchuk University of Maryland, College Park Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarter…
Stealing the State: Control and Collapse in Soviet Institutions
Journal Article Stealing the State: Control and Collapse in Soviet Institutions Get access Steven L. Solnick. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1998. 337 pp. $49.95. Leonid Polishchuk Leonid Polishchuk University of Maryland at College Park Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 114, Issue 1, Spring 1999, Pages 142–143, https://doi.org/10.2307/2657999 Published: 15 Febru…
Authoritarian Cooptation of Civil Society: The Case of Belarus
In Belarus, a vibrant civil society coexisted for the better part of the past decade with a firmly entrenched autocracy in a depoliticised cooptation mode. Through cooptation, the energy of civil society was channelled from representing a threat to the regime into being its resource. However, the capacity developed by civil society during this period of political inactivity was quickly redeployed for political purposes at the junction of economic…
Managing Collective Action: Government-Sponsored Community Initiatives in Russia
Russian authorities have been increasingly willing to facilitate apolitical collective action to deal with day-to-day problems. A case in point is community self-organisation, known as ‘territorial self-management’ (TSM), supported by local administrations through cost-sharing and other means. We use a unique dataset on TSM in the city of Kirov to study the causes and consequences of this phenomenon. TSM accommodates a mix of cultural traits in a…
Ruling elites’ rotation and asset ownership: Implications for property rights
Stealing the State: Control and Collapse in Soviet Institutions
Journal Article Stealing the State: Control and Collapse in Soviet Institutions Get access Steven L. Solnick. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1998. 337 pp. $49.95. Leonid Polishchuk Leonid Polishchuk University of Maryland at College Park Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 114, Issue 1, Spring 1999, Pages 142–143, https://doi.org/10.2307/2657999 Published: 15 Febru…
After the Deluge: Regional Crises and Political Consolidation in Russia
Journal Article After the Deluge: Regional Crises and Political Consolidation in Russia Get access After the Deluge: Regional Crises and Political Consolidation in Russia by Daniel S. Treisman. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 2000. 280 pp. Cloth, $57.50; paper, $21.95. Leonid Polishchuk Leonid Polishchuk University of Maryland, College Park Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarter…
Ruling elites’ rotation and asset ownership: Implications for property rights
Managing Collective Action: Government-Sponsored Community Initiatives in Russia
Russian authorities have been increasingly willing to facilitate apolitical collective action to deal with day-to-day problems. A case in point is community self-organisation, known as ‘territorial self-management’ (TSM), supported by local administrations through cost-sharing and other means. We use a unique dataset on TSM in the city of Kirov to study the causes and consequences of this phenomenon. TSM accommodates a mix of cultural traits in a…
Authoritarian Cooptation of Civil Society: The Case of Belarus
In Belarus, a vibrant civil society coexisted for the better part of the past decade with a firmly entrenched autocracy in a depoliticised cooptation mode. Through cooptation, the energy of civil society was channelled from representing a threat to the regime into being its resource. However, the capacity developed by civil society during this period of political inactivity was quickly redeployed for political purposes at the junction of economic…
Statistical footprints in corruption measurement: General approach, with application to automobile license plates in Russia
We offer a novel big data approach to corruption measurement by using statistical anomalies in publicly observable allocations affected by corruption. While individual corruption incidents remain undetectable, systemic corruption leaves measurable statistical footprints by affecting distributions of observable outcomes. We apply our approach to measuring corruption in the Russian traffic police, which issues automobile licence plates. Plates that…
Social Image, Networks, and Protest Participation
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