Property, Predation, and Protection - Piranha Capitalism in Russia and Ukraine

This book analyzes the threats to the property rights of business owners and investigates what makes these rights secure.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Agent predation and secure ownership; 3. Not too petty: disorganized threats beyond corruption; 4. Minibeasts versus sovereign: ownership threats beyond 'the system'; 5. Commitment dissolved; 6. Firm stakeholders versus state predators; 7. Firm stakeholders and rule of law.

About the author

Stanislav Markus is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. His research has been published in World Politics, Socio-Economic Review, and Polity. He is the winner of the 2014 Gregory Luebbert Article Award for the best article in comparative politics awarded by the American Political Science Association. Professor Markus received the Academy Scholar award from the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, 2008–9 and 2011–12. He holds a PhD in government from Harvard University, Massachusetts.

Summary

To maintain economic development and political stability, business owners must have secure property rights. What exactly are 'property rights'? Which specific state actors threaten them? How can business owners protect their companies? This book provides unexpected answers to these questions, as compared to the competing literature in 'new institutional economics'.

Product details

• Authors: Stanislav Markus, Stanislav (University of Chicago) Markus, Markus Stanislav
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.02.2015
• EAN: 9781107088344
• ISBN: 978-1-107-08834-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ukraine, Russia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, Political corruption, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Central government, Constitution: government and the state, Regional government