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Origins of the institution of corruption in post-socialist states: economic, legal and institutional aspects

Economic Annals-XXI

Economic Annals-ХХI: Volume 177, Issue 5-6, Pages: 22-33

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Bonyak, V., Minka, T., & Мysliva, O. (2019). Origins of the institution of corruption in post-socialist states: economic, legal and institutional aspects. Economic Annals-XXI, 177(5-6), 22-33. doi: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V177-02

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Valentyna Boniak
D.Sc. (Law),
Associate Professor,
Head, Department of the Theory and History of State and Law,
Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs
26 Gagarin Ave., Dnipro, 49005, Ukraine
ValentinaDDUVS@gmail.com
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3167-8514

Tetiana Minka
D.Sc. (Law),
Associate Professor,
Professor of the Department of Administrative and Customs Law,
University of Customs and Finance
2/4 V. Vernadsky Ave., Dnipro, 49000, Ukraine
mtp2705@i.ua
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6012-6973

Oksana Mysliva
PhD (Law),
Senior Lecturer,
Department of Tactical and Special Training,
Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs
26 Gagarin Ave., Dnipro, 49005, Ukraine
omaxah@gmail.com
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0181-9603

Origins of the institution of corruption in post-socialist states: economic, legal and institutional aspects

Abstract. Which strategy of fighting against corruption proves to be more efficient – «fighting against the evil» and «fighting for the good»? In which ways was the institutionalisation of corruption developing in post-socialist countries and why in some of them the implemented reforms failed? What are the prospects for deinstitutionalisation of corruption in Ukraine?

In search for replies to these questions the authors proceeded from the premise that research on corruption as an informal social institution would allow identifying certain regularities in its formation and to create an efficient national anti-corruption strategy upon this basis. The article comprises comprehensive analysis of the process of institutionalisation of corruption in select post-socialist states, in particular Ukraine; the paper further elaborates on a pressing need to create a new anti-corruption paradigm of transitional society with focus on economic, legal and ideological tools; the work further contains substantiation for a formula of deinstitutionalisation of informal corruption practices.

Keywords: Corruption; Informal Institutions; Economic and Legal Systems of Post-Socialist States; Institutionalisation of Corruption; Anti-Corruption Strategy

JEL Сlassification: В52; D02; К40; К49; Z18

Acknowledgements and Funding: The authors received no direct funding for this research.

Contribution: The authors contributed equally to this work.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V177-02

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Received 20.06.2019
Received in revised form 18.08.2019
Accepted 30.08.2019
Available online 18.09.2019

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