Building a Trustworthy State in Post-Socialist Transition [Hardcover]

Building a Trustworthy State in Post-Socialist Transition considers the problems and prospects for creating trustworthy and reliable public institutions in the aftermath of the transition from socialism in Central and Eastern Europe. The volume draws on the experience of those who have lived through and studied the transition and contrasts their insights with those of generalist scholars who study government accountability and democracy. The contributions originated in the Collegium Budapest project on Honesty and Trust: Theory and Experience in the Light of the Post-Socialist Transition, organized by J?nos Kornai and Susan Rose-Ackerman. A second volume entitled, Creating Social Trust in Post-Socialist Transition , is being published simultaneously.Preface; J.Kornai & S.Rose-Ackerman Introduction; S.Rose-Ackerman PART I: TRUST AND INSTITUTIONAL REFORM Public Participation and Government Accountability in Consolidating Democracies: Hungary and Poland; S.Rose-Ackerman Neutral Institutions; A.Saj? Does Lustration Promote Trustworthy Governance in Transitional Societies?, C.M.Horne & M.Levi PART II: CORRUPTION AND STATE CAPTURE Controlling Political Corruption: Conceptual and Practical Issues; C.Offe Political Inequality and the Subversion of Institutions in Transition Economies, J.Hellman & D.Kaufmann State Capture in the Russian Regions; I.Slinko, E.Yakovlev & E.Zhuravskaya Regulation in Russia: The Case of Pharmacies; A.Vacroux The Prime Minister's Dilemma: Do Non-Corrupt Governments In Corrupt Countries Have an Incentive to Launch Anti-Corruption Campaigns?; I.Krastev & G.Ganev PART III: TRANSITION AND DEMOCRACY Transition to Corporate Democracy, R.Hardin Attitudes toward Democracy and Capitalism: A Western Benchmark; J.Mueller And Now for the Bad News; B.Ackerman

Building a Trustworthy State in Post-Socialist Transition is an outstanding contribution to the study of the problems democratic consolidation in the former Communist world. Tl³’