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oapen-20.500.12657-334192021-04-30T08:32:27Z Networks and institutions in Europe's emerging markets Schoenman, Roger europe eastern business and politics economic aspects institution building political aspects business networks post-communism economic policy Bulgaria Collective action Poland Privatization Romania bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government Do ties between political parties and businesses harm or benefit the development of market institutions? The post-communist transition offers an unparalleled opportunity to explore when and how networks linking the polity and the economy support the development of func-tional institutions. A quantitative and qualitative analysis covering eleven post-socialist countries combined with detailed case studies of Bulgaria, Poland, and Romania documents how the most successful post-communist countries are those in which dense networks link polit-icians and businesspeople, as long as politicians are constrained by intense political competition. The comparison of original network data sets shows how this combination allowed Poland to emerge with stable institutions. Bulgaria, marred by weak institutions, corruption, and violence, cautions us that in developing economies intense political competition alone is harmful in the absence of dense personal and ownership networks. Indeed, as Romania illustrates, networks are so critical that their weakness is not mitigated even by low political competition. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched. 2018-06-27 23:55 2014-05-22 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:43:51Z 2020-04-01T14:43:51Z 2014 book 477427 OCN: 880435892 9781107031340 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33419 eng Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics application/pdf n/a 477427.pdf www.cambridge.org/9781107031340 Cambridge University Press 10.1017/cbo9781139381628 10.1017/cbo9781139381628 7607a2d0-47af-490f-9d2a-8c9340266f8a b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781107031340 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 256 KU Pilot Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Do ties between political parties and businesses harm or benefit the development of market institutions? The post-communist transition offers an unparalleled opportunity to explore when and how networks linking the polity and the economy support the development of func-tional institutions. A quantitative and qualitative analysis covering eleven post-socialist countries combined with detailed case studies of Bulgaria, Poland, and Romania documents how the most successful post-communist countries are those in which dense networks link polit-icians and businesspeople, as long as politicians are constrained by intense political competition. The comparison of original network data sets shows how this combination allowed Poland to emerge with stable institutions. Bulgaria, marred by weak institutions, corruption, and violence, cautions us that in developing economies intense political competition alone is harmful in the absence of dense personal and ownership networks. Indeed, as Romania illustrates, networks are so critical that their weakness is not mitigated even by low political competition. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.
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