Corruption, Informality and Entrepreneurship in Romania

Roxana Bratu is Research Associate in Global and European Anticorruption Policies at University College London, UK. Her current research interests include corruption, informality and European Union funding in Romania, Ukraine and Moldova, comparative research regarding representations of corruption in the media, anti-corruption policies and practices, criminal justice responses to anti-corruption agenda and integrity values, customs and institutions around the globe.

• 1. Corruption European Union Funding: Transnational Policies Versus Local Praxis.- 2. A Dance of the (Il)legal: Transnational Aid Flows, Entrepreneurship and Corruption.- 3. Transnational Constructions of Development and Control.- 4. Bottom-Up European Integration: EU Ideal Types Versus Romanian Innovations.- 5. “I Make the Papers Look Credible”: Consultants’ Educational Role in Constructing Eligibility.- 6. Flat-Caps and Shackles: New Hierarchies of Bureaucratic Belonging.- 7. Friday Lunch with EU Funding: Profit-Making Routines.- Conclusion.