Property Rights in Post-Soviet Russia: Violence, Corruption, and the Demand for Law

ISBN-13: 9781316607848 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 310 str.

Jordan Gans-Morse

Opis

This book looks at how top-down efforts to strengthen property rights are unlikely to succeed without demand for law from private firms.

Recenzje

'When do firms rely on violence to enforce contracts? And why would they turn to the law, even when it does not work? Jordan Gans-Morse's book is a fascinating, clear and compelling answer to these timely puzzles. Bringing in a wealth of diverse evidence, he argues the firms' counterfactual thinking and beliefs about the barriers to using the law lie at the heart of their decision-making. The implications for the study of property rights, institutional formation, and state capacity are enormous.' Anna Grzymala-Busse, Michelle and Kevin Douglas Professor of International Studies Department of Political Science, Stanford University, California

Spis treści

1. Violence, corruption, and demand for law; 2. Institutional supply and demand; 3. The evolution of firm strategies; 4. The role of state legal capacity; 5. Demand-side barriers to the use of legal strategies; 6. The effectiveness of illegal strategies; 7. Variation in strategies across firms; 8. Firms, states, and the rule of law in comparative perspective.