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Mi Lennhag

Mi Lennhag

Doktorand

Mi Lennhag

Informell ekonomi som rationell vana och statskritik : En intervjustudie kring post-sovjetisk vardagskorruption

Informal Economy as Rational Habit and State Criticism : An Interview Study on Post-Soviet Petty Corruption

Författare

  • Mi Lennhag

Summary, in English

This article examines continuity, change and adaptation of blat, a Soviet-time informal economic transaction network, in today’s Ukraine and Belarus. The analysis is based on 33 in-depth interviews, and the main focus is the descriptions, justifications and explanations of on-going informal participation in contemporary forms of blat. Theories on informal institutions, path dependence and the relationship between individuals and the post-Soviet state are elaborated to highlight the characteristics of contemporary blat transactions. The continued presence of blat, re-adapted to the new socio-economic circumstances, is highlighted – for instance the increased use of money in blat transactions and the growing number of autonomous bribe collectors demanding bribes in interaction with civil servants. Today’s blat is a channel for giving bribes and a guarantee for good social services. Individuals justify their participation in these informal activities by placing the blame on dysfunctional laws, heavy bureaucracy, lack of state control, illicit acts by other citizens or state officials, and on low identification with an (immoral) state. Respondents also display a preference for informal solutions, which are seen as a better way of solving many everyday problems.

Avdelning/ar

  • Statsvetenskapliga institutionen
  • Öst- och centraleuropakunskap

Publiceringsår

2011

Språk

Svenska

Sidor

345-368

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Nordisk Østforum

Volym

25

Issue

4

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Cappelen Damm Akademisk

Ämne

  • History and Archaeology
  • Political Science

Nyckelord

  • Informal economy
  • corruption
  • blat
  • transition
  • Soviet inheritance
  • Ukraine
  • Belarus

Aktiv

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0801-7220