Russia in Olson's template
Regulation, corruption and environmental idealism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12626564 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Craig S Marxsen (DXC Technology (United States), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 249-255 |
| Publication date | 2005-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1387-6988 • E-ISSN: 1572-5448 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13876980500209348 |
| OpenAlex | W1978891273 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
Mancur Olson's theory illuminates post-USSR Russia's economic malaise. Property rights protection and contract enforcement had apparently fallen considerably to the Mafiya because of, rather than in spite of, an expanding official bureaucracy. Regulatory red tape that helped cause Russia's decline served gangsters who benefited from government dysfunction. Political activism of even purely idealistic environmentalists, to use them as an example, helped preserve an economic decline because it unintentionally spearheaded added thrusts of rent seekers. Olson speculated that a strong leader, by deflecting interest group initiatives, might benefit Russia more than a transition based on power scattered among many interest groups
Bureaucracy · Economics · Enforcement · Government (linguistics · Idealism · Language change · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Property rights · Rent-seeking · Seekers · Corruption and Economic Development · Law · Russia and Soviet political economy
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |