Better a hundred friends than a hundred rubles?: social networks in transition--the Kyrgyz RepublicWorld Bank Publications, 2004 - 71 pages |
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Page 22 - an association formed upon a core of participants who make regular contributions to a fund which is given in whole or in part to each contributor in turn
Page 13 - The more a social system is bureaucratically formalized, regulated, planned, and yet unable to fully satisfy social requirements, the more it tends to create informal mechanisms that escape the control of the system.
Page 23 - Rather, in local terms, bribery "implies a conflict of interest where one is to be 'compensated' for doing something one would not do otherwise, while blat is a form of cooperation and mutual support with a long-term perspective, implying trust rather than compensation for...