TY  - BOOK
AU  - McMann, Kelly M.
AB  - Why do ordinary people engage in corruption? In Corruption as a Last Resort, Kelly M. McMann contends that bureaucrats, poverty, and culture do not force individuals in Central Asia to pay bribes, use connections, or sell political support. Rather, corruption is a last resort when relatives, groups in society, the market, and formal government programs cannot provide essential goods and services. Using evidence from her long-term research in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, McMann shows that Islamic institutions, secular charities, entrepreneurs, and banks cannot provide the jobs and credit people need. This drives individuals to illicitly seek employment and loans from government officials.
DO  - 10.7591/cornell/9780801453274.001.0001
ID  - OAPEN ID: 642702
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 894227715
ID  - OAPEN ID: http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30800
KW  - Political Science
KW  - politics
KW  - economics
KW  - corruption
KW  - central asia
KW  - kazakhstan
KW  - kyrgystan
KW  - Kyrgyzstan
KW  - Market economy
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - Uzbekistan
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30800/1/642702.pdf
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30800/1/642702.pdf
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30800/1/642702.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/38706
PB  - Cornell University Press
PP  - Ithaca, NY
PY  - 2014-10-30
SN  - 9780801453274
TI  - Corruption as a Last Resort : Adapting to the Market in Central Asia
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