Understanding Post-Soviet Transitions

CHRISTOPH H. STEFES is Assistant Professor of Comparative European and Post-Soviet Studies at the Department for Political Science, University of Colorado at Denver, USA. His research focuses on the economic and political transitions in the former Soviet Union.

• Introduction A Theoretical Framework for Understanding the Role of Corruption in Post-Soviet Transitions Armenia and Georgia since Independence Systematic Corruption in Transition Political Transitions and Systematic Corruption in Armenia and Georgia Centralized and Decentralized Systematic Corruption: Assessing the Consequences Dismantling Systematic Corruption: assessing Recent Anti-corruption Strategies in Georgia and Armenia Conclusion

'The book should be a valuable eye-opener for all interested in the region.' - B.G. Hewitt, Slavonic& East European Review