Backstage democracy : the dynamics of business-politics nexus in Lithuania / Ainius Lašas.
Lašas, Ainius.
2023
JN6745.A58
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Title Backstage democracy : the dynamics of business-politics nexus in Lithuania / Ainius Lašas.
Author Lašas, Ainius.
ISBN 9783031255311 (electronic bk.)
3031255313 (electronic bk.)
3031255305
9783031255304
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25531-1
Imprint Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-25531-1 doi
Call Number JN6745.A58
Dewey Decimal Classification 330.94793
Summary A welcome and relevant study with an innovate approach, this book provides a sharp insight into processes of business-politics relations within Lithuanian society and does so from a wide perspective. A well-designed research that gives the ability to grasp the depth of the problems and makes a useful reading both for researchers and international policy makers. Laurynas Paktaitis, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania Ainius Laas reveals the world of informal networks and shady arrangements that represent the blind spots of mainstream political science. He guides us through backstage democracy in a theoretically competent and empirically responsible manner. His understanding of informal politics is unique and his conclusions make us hope that the marriage of business and politics does not inevitably result in dirty togetherness. Jan Zielonka, Professor of European Politics at the University of Oxford, UK, and Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy This book investigates how the actual dynamics of business-state relations work in a democracy and their changes overtime. The focus is limited to one country because access to high-level sources, who are able to openly discuss the nature of the business-politics nexus, cannot be easily replicated. The study is distinctive in a number of ways. First, its focus on politics and business touches upon a number of academic disciplines business sciences, political science, public policy and administration. Second, it is not limited to a static picture of a relatively new democracy, but instead examines the dynamics of change over the last twenty years. As such, it talks to situations in a number of other countries, especially those in Central and Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet space. Third, the methodological approach, which combines anonymous interviews, mass media sources, governmental and non-governmental reports, is not very typical and thus provides a relatively fresh perspective on studying such social phenomena. Finally, the study offers original theoretical and analytical frames that can be conveniently applied and tested in other national/regional contexts. Ainius Laas is the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. His research focuses on informal political culture and its practices in transitional democracies. .
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Series Political corruption and governance series.
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Intro
Preface
Praise for Backstage Democracy
Contents
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
2 Concepts
Actor Discretion
Scope of Discretion
3 Context and Methodology
Context
Methodology
4 Practices in Practice
Core Agents
Discretionary Practices
Employing Influential Politicians, Bureaucrats and Experts (LU4, LU6, LU9)
Acquisition of Party Status (LU5)
Legislative Proposals (LU2, IU1)
Access to Voters (LU7)
Milking the State's Real Estate (LU15, IU10)
Ignoring Laws (IU11, IU12)

Intentional Negligence (IU7)
Evading Regulation: Funds Through Funds (LU10, LU11, IU6)
Small Favors and Gifts (LU1, LU3, LU13)
Pet Projects (LU12, LU14)
Leadership Unplugged (IU1, IE2, IU14)
Applying Psychological Pressure (IU15, IU16)
Political Racketeering (IU5)
Nepotism or "Landing Platforms" (IU8, IU14)
Courts as Networks of Friends (LU8)
Leakage of Information (IU2, IE1, IU3)
Abuse of Media Power (IU3, IU4, IU13)
5 Drivers of Continuity
Entrenched Power Networks
Hierarchical Organizational Cultures
Fragmentation of Power
6 Drivers of Change

Legislative and Procedural Gaps
Fragmentation of Power
Role of Technology
EU and Other IOs
Local Pressure Institutions
7 Evaluating Exclusive Situationalism and Its Broader Horizons
Concepts Under Scrutiny
Broader Horizons of Situationalism
Incentives for Change
Beyond Incentives
Limitations and Future Research
8 Conclusions
Exhibit A: List of Interviewees
Exhibit B: MPs and Their Private (Business) Interests as Declared to Chief Official Ethics Commission for 2003
Index

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