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Building business in post-communist Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia: collective goods, selective incentives, and predatory states

Dinissa Duvanova
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  • Contents

  • Frontmatter
  • List of Figures (page ix)
  • List of Tables (page x)
  • Preface (page xiii)
  • Acknowledgments (page xvii)
  • List of Abbreviations (page xxi)
  • Note on Translation and Transliteration (page xxiii)
  • 1. Introduction (page 1)
    • 1.1 The Puzzle (page 2)
    • 1.2 Theoretical Contributions (page 5)
    • 1.3 Empirical Evidence (page 10)
    • 1.4 Summary of Main Arguments (page 10)
    • 1.5 A Roadmap (page 12)
  • 2. Collective Action in Adverse Business Environments (page 14)
    • 2.1 The Post-Communist Business Environment (page 15)
    • 2.2 Defensive Organization (page 20)
    • 2.3 A Formed Model (page 23)
    • 2.4 Official and "Unofficial" Regulatory Costs (page 31)
    • 2.5 Testable Hypotheses (page 33)
    • 2.6 Conclusion (page 35)
  • 3. Post-Communist Business Representation in a Comparative Perspective (page 38)
    • 3.1 A Cross-National Comparison (page 40)
    • 3.2 Qualitative Analysis of Business Representation in Four Countries (page 54)
    • 3.3 Russian Business Associations: Sources and Consequences of Organizational Diversity (page 54)
    • 3.4 Ukrainian Business Associations: A Case of Political Mobilization (page 72)
    • 3.5 Kazakh Business Associations: High-Profile/Low-Impact versus Low-Profile/High-Impact Organizations (page 80)
    • 3.6 Croatian Business Associations: From Corporatism to Pluralism (page 84)
    • 3.7 The Main Features of Post-Communist Business Associations (page 92)
  • 4. Business Environment and Business Organization: The Quantitative Approach (page 94)
    • 4.1 Micro- and Macrocorrelates of Organizational Participation: A Hierarchical Model (page 96)
    • 4.2 Statistical Analysis and Results (page 107)
    • 4.3 Robustness Checks (page 117)
    • 4.4 Additional Quantitative Evidence (page 120)
    • 4.5 Summary (page 127)
  • 5. What You Do Is What You Are: Business Associations in Action (page 130)
    • 5.1 Advantages of Qualitative Data and Case Selection (page 131)
    • 5.2 Against All Odds (page 137)
    • 5.3 Changing Times - Changing Roles (page 146)
    • 5.4 Selective Regulatory Relief (page 150)
    • 5.5 Collective Goods (page 155)
    • 5.6 The Lost Battles (page 163)
    • 5.7 Dogs That Never Barked (page 166)
    • 5.8 Tallying Up the Evidence (page 170)
  • 6. Compulsory versus Voluntary Membership (page 172)
    • 6.1 Alternative Models of Business Representation (page 173)
    • 6.2 Modeling Voluntarism in Compulsory Systems (page 176)
    • 6.3 From Difference to Convergence (page 180)
    • 6.4 Membership Rates (page 189)
    • 6.5 Labor Relations and Business Organizations (page 191)
    • 6.6 Beyond Corporatism (page 194)
  • 7. Conclusions (page 196)
    • 7.1 Summary of Arguments and Findings (page 196)
    • 7.2 Political and Socioeconomic Roles of Business Associations (page 199)
    • 7.3 Broader Implications and Directions for Future Research (page 206)
    • 7.4 Associations and Their Power (page 210)
  • Appendices
    • A. Research Note on Qualitative Data Collection (page 213)
    • B. Qualitative Research Instruments (page 215)
    • C. Regional and Municipal Business Associations in Ukraine (page 217)
    • D. Kazakh Business Associations (page 218)
    • E. Relaxing Two Simplifying Assumptions (page 223)
    • F. Estimating the EU and Non-EU Samples (page 225)
  • Bibliography (page 227)
  • Index (page 241)
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Published: 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9781107454378 (paper)
  • 9781139604147 (ebook)
  • 9781107030169 (hardcover)
Subject
  • European: Russia & Eastern
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