{"product_id":"captured-societies-in-southeast-europe-networks-of-trust-and-control-9789633866436","title":"Captured Societies in Southeast Europe: Networks of Trust and Control","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Eric Gordy | Alena Ledeneva | Predrag Cvetičanin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Central European University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Central European University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Southeast Europe there is a big disjunction between formal procedures and informal practices--and this gap is growing. When formal institutions fail, informal practices can solve problems. These practices can be viewed critically, as a space for favoritism and corruption, or favorably, as a space of creative problem-solving. In any case, informal practices consolidate the hold of unaccountable actors on power. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book presents findings from a collaborative and multidisciplinary research project. During a three-year exercise, a group of forty researchers looked at the world of informal practices in nine countries of Southeast Europe. The main strength in their procedures is the reciprocal modification and cross-checking between interviews and media, and the assemblage of comparative quantitative data. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the context of a mismatch between \"the way the world is\" and the world as described by law, the Balkans add a unique perspective due to a persistent deficit in state legitimacy and capacity. The underlying agenda is to bring Southeast Europe into line with European liberal democracy. The emerging evidence offers a critical assessment of \"Europeanization\" processes that produce only superficial changes and formal institutional resolutions. The book offers a rich analysis of the array of informal practices that people in the Balkans have resorted to in compensation for the poor implementation of formal reforms.","brand":"Central European University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47836198633623,"sku":"9789633866436","price":9557.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789633866436.webp?v=1779268963","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/captured-societies-in-southeast-europe-networks-of-trust-and-control-9789633866436","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}