Corrupt Intermediaries in Post-Socialist Russia

Mutations of Economic Institutions

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ID12300331
AutoresIrina Olimpieva (0000-0002-9568-3259, Centre for Independent Social Research, autor correspondente), Oleg Pachenkov, Олег Паченков (Centre for Independent Social Research)
Ano2013
Volume65
Fascículo7
Páginas1364-1376
Data de publicação2013-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEurope Asia Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0966-8136 • E-ISSN: 1465-3427
EditoraRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09668136.2013.822705
OpenAlexW2018157000
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas20

Using the example of intermediaries in business–state relations, this essay addresses the evolution of corruption in Russia which has been facilitated by the introduction of a neoliberal system of market relations. Based on empirical studies of small and medium-sized enterprises in Russia, the essay demonstrates how intermediaries (which are also present in Western market economies and serve the function of reducing firms' transaction costs) have adapted to the local system in order to serve as providers of both legal and illegal (corrupt) services. Disputing the pervasive claim that neoliberalism and corruption are mutually exclusive phenomena, we argue that in ‘incoherent’ democracies like Russia, where properly functioning democratic institutions and a developed civil society are lacking, neoliberalism has led to the expansion of corruption

Business · Database transaction · Democracy · Economic system · Economics · Intermediary · Language change · Market economy · Neoliberalism (international relations · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · State (computer science · Transaction cost · Corruption and Economic Development · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Russia and Soviet political economy