Overview
- Fills an important gap in knowledge regarding the impact, efficacy and efficiency of EU funding
- Evidences that anti-corruption field is a site for negotiations of political agendas
- Provides new insights into the nature and forms of corruption, by analyzing it as a historically contingent process
Part of the book series: Political Corruption and Governance (PCG)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- political corruption in Romania
- entrepreneurship in Romania
- EU structural funding in Romania
- corruption and EU structural funding
- development of post-communist societies
- public policy in Romania
- EU policy and politics
- anti-corruption legislation
- bureaucracy in the EU
- transnational governance impact in Romania
- political corruption and goverance
- european union politics
- development policy
About this book
This book examines the meaning, structure, practices and symbolism of corruption in relationship to European Union structural funding in Romania. It offers a unique account of the complex transformations faced by post-communist societies. Despite the new legislation that effectively re-branded typical economic practices in Romanian society as ‘corruption’, entrepreneurs continue to use them in everyday interactions. The entrepreneurial culture described in the chapters is an ordinary trait of the local work routines. Rather than pursuing the singular logic of corruption, the author explores the concept of informality by focusing on the socio-historical context and the meanings embedded in the society that provides solutions to the problems. The book will appeal to students, scholars and practitioners in the areas of corruption, public policy and EU policy and politics.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Corruption, Informality and Entrepreneurship in Romania
Authors: Roxana Bratu
Series Title: Political Corruption and Governance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66667-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-66666-2Published: 12 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88296-3Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-66667-9Published: 27 December 2017
Series ISSN: 2947-5449
Series E-ISSN: 2947-5457
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 279
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations
Topics: European Union Politics, Political History, Political Sociology, Development Policy