Corruption, Informality and Entrepreneurship in Romania

• Main Author: Bratu, Roxana (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Political Corruption and Governance
• Subjects: European Union.; World politics.; Political sociology.; Economic policy.; European Union Politics.; Political History.; Political Sociology.; Development Policy.

This book examines the meaning, structure, practices and symbolism of corruption in relationship to European Union structural funding in Romania. It offers a unique account of the complex transformations faced by post-communist societies. Despite the new legislation that effectively re-branded typic...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Corruption European Union Funding: Transnational Policies Versus Local Praxis
• 2. A Dance of the (Il)legal: Transnational Aid Flows, Entrepreneurship and Corruption
• 3. Transnational Constructions of Development and Control
• 4. Bottom-Up European Integration: EU Ideal Types Versus Romanian Innovations
• 5. "I Make the Papers Look Credible": Consultants' Educational Role in Constructing Eligibility
• 6. Flat-Caps and Shackles: New Hierarchies of Bureaucratic Belonging
• 7. Friday Lunch with EU Funding: Profit-Making Routines
• Conclusion.