Politics for Profit: Business, Elections, and Policymaking in Russia

ISBN-13: 9781108491631 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 350 str.

David Szakonyi

Opis

Businesspeople run for office to protect their firms' interests against competitors and shape government to work for the business community.

Recenzje

'Szakonyi's Politics for Profit is clear, well-organised and grounded in a wealth of evidence … [it] is an ambitious and thorough book that considerably advances existing scholarship on the influence of business in politics. Policymakers would do well to consider Szakonyi's recommendations, and researchers should seize the opportunity to test his conclusions in other cases.' Isabelle DeSisto, Europe-Asia Studies

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. A Theory of Businessperson Candidacy; 2. Identifying Businesspeople Who Run for Office; 3. Economic Competition, Weak Parties, and Businessperson Candidacy; 4. Choosing Ballots, Parties and Delegates; 5. Firm-Level Returns to Businessperson Candidacy; 6. Businesspeople as Policymakers; 7. Conclusion and Policy Recommendations.