The Informal Sector in Eastern Europe

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8046441
AutoresScott E Sampson (0000-0001-8593-4053, autor de correspondencia), S Sampson
Año1985
Volumen1985
Número66
Páginas44-66
Fecha de publicación1985-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTelos (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-6514 • E-ISSN: 1940-459X
EditorialTelos (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3817/1285066044
OpenAlexW2321412219
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas26

No society works exactly like its constitution, and no organization functions exactly according to its official administrative guidelines. In the life of all societies and all bureaucratic organizations — East and West — there exist a whole variety of "informal structures" by which people accomplish their delegated tasks or through which they achieve their own personal goals. In the West, we speak of such informal structures in terms of "networks" or "connections." Those who "know somebody" can go around the bureaucratic queue or obtain free goods and services which others have to pay for. When the use of such connections becomes too blatant, we call it "nepotism" or "corruption." When they take on an openly acknowledged market value we call it "bribery

Bureaucracy · Informal sector · Language change · Nepotism · Value (mathematics · Taxation and Compliance Studies