Informal Economies in Post-Socialist Spaces: Practices, Institutions and Networks

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-21
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Evaluating the Validity of the Contrasting Theoretical Perspectives towards the Informal Economy in Ukraine....Pages 25-50
Institutional Transformation and Informality in Azerbaijan and Georgia....Pages 51-69
Fighting the Shadows: Lithuania’s Informal Workers and the Financial Crisis....Pages 70-94
Formal Crutches for Broken Sociality....Pages 95-113
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Field Notes on Informality’s Culture of Ubiquity: Recognition and Symbolic Power within Informal Economic Practices in Kosovo....Pages 117-138
The Importance of Having štela: Reproduction of Informality in the Democratization Sector in Bosnia....Pages 139-153
Perceptions vs. Practices: Nepotism in Small Businesses in Bulgaria....Pages 154-174
The Importance of Personalized Relationships in Post-Socialist Rural Bulgaria: Informality of New Capitalist Entrepreneurs....Pages 175-192
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Informal Payments for Healthcare Services in Lithuania and Ukraine....Pages 195-224
Nuclear Borders: Informally Negotiating the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone....Pages 225-244
Governing Informal Payments in Healthcare: Lessons from China....Pages 245-269
Informal Economic Practices within the Kyrgyz Police (militsiia)....Pages 270-293
Conclusion....Pages 294-299
Back Matter....Pages 300-302