1. An Absence of Alternatives: A New Framework for Understanding Corruption 2. Alternatives to Corruption and the Effect of Market Reform: The Arguments and Their Theoretical Implications 3. Bribery, Favoritism, and Clientelism: Evidence from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan 4. Market Actors as an Unrealized Alternative: The Effect of Market Reforms 5. Islamic Institutions and Secular Charities: Obstacles to Providing Substitute Resources 6. Families: The Uneven Effect of Market Reforms 7. Reducing Corruption: Policy Recommendations Appendix: Statistical Analysis Index
Kelly M. McMann is Associate Professor of Political Science at Case Western Reserve University.
"This innovative theory invests in a new 'corruption from below' perspective-that considers ordinarypeople instead of elites-offering new argumentations that criticise a mere/immediate 'market' concept... McMann has produced a fundamental book that will surelycontribute to the research in anti-corruption studies creating a consistent basis for further research." -- Riccardo Mario Cucciolla,Europe-Asia Studies "The work is overall a most welcome addition to the literature on corruption in post-communist states, while its underlying and original focus on corruptors rather than corrupt offi cials provides important new perspectives on corruption in general." --Leslie Holmes,Slavic Review(Fall 2016) "Most studies of corruption focus on large-scale rent-seeking behavior of political elites. Corruption as a Last Resort, in refreshing contrast, focuses on citizens' incentives for engaging-or not engaging-in corruption so as to secure scarce resources. Kelly M. McMann provides helpful insights into painful and partial market reforms in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and the absence of economic reforms in Uzbekistan."-Eric McGlinchey, George Mason University, author of Chaos, Violence, Dynasty: Politics and Islam in Central Asia "The cases in Corruption as a Last Resort are interesting and important, and Kelly M. McMann knows them well. McMann's use of field data is first rate. Her notion that market reforms can increase corruption is interesting and important and will catch some policymakers by surprise."-Michael Johnston, Charles A. Dana Professor of Political Science, Colgate University, author of Syndromes of Corruption
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