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001461913 1001_ $$aLašas, Ainius.
001461913 24510 $$aBackstage democracy :$$bthe dynamics of business-politics nexus in Lithuania /$$cAinius Lašas.
001461913 260__ $$aCham :$$bPalgrave Macmillan,$$c2023.
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001461913 4901_ $$aPolitical Corruption and Governance
001461913 5050_ $$aIntro -- Preface -- Praise for Backstage Democracy -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Concepts -- Actor Discretion -- Scope of Discretion -- 3 Context and Methodology -- Context -- Methodology -- 4 Practices in Practice -- Core Agents -- Discretionary Practices -- Employing Influential Politicians, Bureaucrats and Experts (LU4, LU6, LU9) -- Acquisition of Party Status (LU5) -- Legislative Proposals (LU2, IU1) -- Access to Voters (LU7) -- Milking the State's Real Estate (LU15, IU10) -- Ignoring Laws (IU11, IU12)
001461913 5058_ $$aIntentional 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
001461913 5058_ $$aLegislative and Procedural Gaps -- Fragmentation of Power -- Role of Technology -- EU and Other IOs -- Local Pressure Institutions -- 7 Evaluating Exclusive Situationalism and Its Broader Horizons -- Concepts Under Scrutiny -- Broader Horizons of Situationalism -- Incentives for Change -- Beyond Incentives -- Limitations and Future Research -- 8 Conclusions -- Exhibit A: List of Interviewees -- Exhibit B: MPs and Their Private (Business) Interests as Declared to Chief Official Ethics Commission for 2003 -- Index
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001461913 520__ $$aA 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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001461913 650_0 $$aDemocracy$$zLithuania.
001461913 651_0 $$aLithuania$$xEconomic conditions$$y1991-
001461913 651_0 $$aLithuania$$xPolitics and government$$y1991-
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001461913 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aLašas, Ainius, author.$$tBackstage democracy$$z9783031255304$$w(OCoLC)1368272744
001461913 830_0 $$aPolitical corruption and governance series.
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