The State as Investment Market: Kyrgyzstan in Comparative Perspective

Based on the case of Kyrgyzstan, while going well beyond it to elaborate a theory of the developing state that comprehends corruption as not merely criminal, but a type of market based on highly rational decisions made by the powerful individuals within, or connected to, the state.


Author: Johan Engvall
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 06/24/2016
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780822964131

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2017

About the Author
Johan Engvall is a research fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) and a nonresident research fellow of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program, a joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C. and the Stockholm-based Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP).