State-Building in Kazakhstan (eBook)

Continuity and Transformation of Informal Institutions

Dina Sharipova (Autor)

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2018
190 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-4057-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This study examines informal institutions of reciprocity and their connections to state-building in Kazakhstan. The author analyzes both how these institutions changed over time and how they bridged the transition from the Soviet to post-Soviet periods.

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This book challenges the conventional wisdom that informal institutions-networks, clientelism, and connections-have to disappear in modern societies due to liberalization of the economy, rapid urbanization, and industrialization. The case of Kazakhstan shows that informal reciprocal institutions continue to play an important role in people's everyday lives. Liberalization of the economy and state retrenchment from the social sphere decreased the provision of public goods and social support to the population in the post-independence period. Limited access to state benefits has, in turn, stimulated people's engagement in informal reciprocal relations. The author investigates informal channels and mechanisms people use to gain access to quality public goods-education, housing, and healthcare. Comparing the Soviet and post-Soviet periods, the author shows that people are more likely to rely on family networks and clientelist relations rather than on help from the state to obtain scarce resources. The book provides an important contribution to the literature on informal institutions and explains the relationship between a formal welfare state and informal reciprocity.

Autor

Dina Sharipova is assistant professor of political science at KIMEP University.

Inhalt

Introduction: Understanding Informal Institutions in Kazakhstan Chapter 1: Explaining Informal Institutions Chapter 2: State Welfare Support and Informal Exchanges: Quantitative Evidence Chapter 3: Provision of Healthcare Services and Informal Exchanges: Qualitative Evidence Chapter 4: Informal Payments and Connection in the Education System Chapter 5: Who Gets What, When and How? State Housing and Informal Institutions in KazakhstanConclusion

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.7.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures
• Zusatzinfo: 23 Illustrations including: - 2 Charts; - 21 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Asian Studies • decentralization • Education • Housing • Informal institutions • Informal payments • Kazakhstan • Networks • Partial Decentralization • Post-Soviet Transition • public goods • State retrenchment
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-4057-0 / 1498540570
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-4057-5 / 9781498540575