Building business in post-communist Russia, eastern Europe, and Eurasia : collective goods, selective incentives, and predatory states / Dinissa Duvanova, State University of New York, Buffalo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duvanova, Dinissa, 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trade associations--Russia (Federation).

Trade associations.

Pressure groups--Russia (Federation).

Pressure groups.

Trade associations--Europe, Eastern.

Pressure groups--Europe, Eastern.

Trade associations--Eurasia.

Pressure groups--Eurasia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 251 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Building Business in Post-Communist Russia, Eastern Europe, & Eurasia

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Prior to 1989, the communist countries of Eastern Europe and the USSR lacked genuine employer and industry associations. After the collapse of communism, industry associations mushroomed throughout the region. Duvanova argues that abusive regulatory regimes discourage the formation of business associations and poor regulatory enforcement tends to encourage associational membership growth. Academic research often treats special interest groups as vehicles of protectionism and non-productive collusion. This book challenges this perspective with evidence of market-friendly activities by industry associations and their benign influence on patterns of public governance. Careful analysis of cross-national quantitative data spanning more than 25 countries, and qualitative examination of business associations in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Croatia, shows that postcommunist business associations function as substitutes for state and private mechanisms of economic governance. These arguments and empirical findings put the long-standing issues of economic regulations, public goods and collective action in a new theoretical perspective.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Collective action in adverse business environments

3. Postcommunist business representation in a comparative perspective

4. Business environment and business organization: the quantitative approach

5. What you do is what you are: business associations in action

6. Compulsory versus voluntary membership

7. Conclusions

Appendices.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781139604147

1139604147

9781139611015

1139611011

9781139609234

1139609238

9781139612876

1139612875

9781139622172

113962217X

9781139625890

1139625896

9781139616591

1139616595

9781139343237

1139343238

OCLC:

871223690

Publisher Number:

2027/heb32607 hdl