1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463989403321

Titolo

Informal relations from democratic representation to corruption : case studies from Central and Eastern Europe / / Zdenka Mansfeldová, Heiko Pleines (eds.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart, Germany : , : ibidem-Verlag, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

3-8382-6173-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

Changing Europe, , 1863-8716 ; ; Volume 8

Disciplina

306.0947

Soggetti

Post-communism - Europe, Eastern

Post-communism - Europe, Central

Democratization - Europe, Eastern

Democratization - Europe, Central

Electronic books.

Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1989-

Europe, Central Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Basic Public Services and Informal Power: An Analytical Framework for Sector Governance; 3. Conflict of Interest as a Research-Analytical Category; 4. Evaluating the Harmonization of Criminal Provisions on Corruption in Central and Eastern Europe; 5. Understanding Post-Soviet Petty Corruption. Informal Institutions, Legitimacy, and State Criticism; 6. Civil Society and the Legitimacy of the EU Polity. Using Network Analysis to Analyse Linkages Among Actors

7. Patterns of Inter-Organizational Collaboration of Nonprofits in Central Europe8. Successor Parties and Trade Unions in the Post-Communist States. Institutionalizing Informal Relationships; 9. 'Ethno-Business'. The Unexpected Consequence of National Minority Policies in Romania; 10. If You Ignore It, It Will (Not) Go Away. Exploring How and Why the International Community Turned a Blind Eye to Corruption in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo; 11. Informal Practices in Russia. State



Influence on Foreign Companies Operating in Russia; 12. Academic Corruption in Russia

13. Informal Ways of Obtaining Grades in Modern Russian Universities. How Daily Ties Become Corruption Networks14. Modern Russian Homeowners' Associations as Res Publicae. The Relationship between Commonwealth and Corruption; Bibliography; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Informal relations have been one of the major research topics of the social sciences since the 1990s. In order to allow for meaningful comparisons between different combinations of the positive and negative effects of informal relations on democratic representation, this book focuses on post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe as a particular region where formal democratic rules have been established, but competing informal rules are still strong. A broad spectrum of related analytical concepts is discussed from different perspectives and from different academic disciplines, then empiric

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910704010403321

Titolo

Amendment of Section 14(b) of the Federal Reserve Act : hearing before Subcommittee No. 1 of the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, second session, on H.R. 11654 ... June 19, 1962

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : U.S. Government Printing Office, , 1962

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 12 pages)

Soggetti

Federal Reserve banks

Debts, Public - United States

Government securities - Law and legislation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Nov. 5, 2015).

Sommario/riassunto

Considers (87) H.R. 11654.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911039728103321

Titolo

Administration et politique sous la Cinquieme Republique / F. de Baecque et J.-L. Quermonne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris, : Presses de la Fondation nationale des sciences politiques, 1982

ISBN

2-7246-0473-3

Edizione

[2e éd. revue et augmentée]

Descrizione fisica

391 p. ; 19 cm

Locazione

DDCIC

Collocazione

F 146

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia