Building Business in Post-Communist Russia, Eastern Europe, a... - 9781107030169

Building Business in Post-Communist Russia, Eastern Europe, and EurasiaCollective Goods, Selective Incentives, and Predatory States\nAuthor(s): Dinissa Duvanova\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107030169, 978-1107030169\nSynopsis\nPrior to 1989, the communist countries of Eastern Europe and the USSR lacked genuine employer and industry associations. After the collapse of communism, industry associations mushroomed throughout the region. Duvanova argues that abusive regulatory regimes discourage the formation of business associations and poor regulatory enforcement tends to encourage associational membership growth. Academic research often treats special interest groups as vehicles of protectionism and non-productive collusion. This book challenges this perspective with evidence of market-friendly activities by industry associations and their benign influence on patterns of public governance. Ca.