Despite a growing number of studies featuring “informality” in their title, including many from
the post-socialist region, little has been done to reach a consensus on what informality …

Der deutsche Bundesstaat zeichnet sich dadurch aus, dass Bund und Länder in vielen
Aufgabenfeldern zur Kooperation gezwungen sind. Dieser Tatbestand wird mit dem Begriff …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to suggest that informal practices and institutions of
post-Soviet countries differ from informality in other post-socialist regions and, therefore …

Contemporary policy making is deeply influenced by the borrowing, transfer and diffusion of
ideas and models from other countries, levels of government and supranational institutions …

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Central Asian states have developed liberal-
constitutional formal institutions. However, at the same time, political phenomena in Central …

Moments of state formation are rare events in history. 1 They are the initial periods of the
long term history of a state and the evolution of its capacity. States and their development …

Luminos is the Open Access monograph publishing program from UC Press. Luminos
provides a framework for preserving and reinvigorating monograph publishing for the future …

Migration management in Russia is a window into how public policy, the federal system, and
patronage are used to manage conflicting demands. This multi-level balancing act …

In this article, we present a perspective on the interaction between formal and informal
institutions in spatial planning in which they transform each other continuously, in processes …

ВЯ Гельман 13 сентября 2004 г., выступая по телевидению, В. Путин объявил о ряде
политических реформ, важнейшей из которых был отказ от всеобщих выборов глав …