Using Staniszkis' concept of "political capitalism" a frame for a comparative analysis of transformation trajectories is built. Different forms of political capitalism are defined by specific characteristics of the state, but also different patterns of cultural integration are taken into...

The price for Singapore's economic successes were the restrictions of the population's freedom. Since the Eighties, a social change can be observed which is leading the population to rejecting the autoritarian rule and the restrictions of freedom. The PAP administration, which refuses any...

In the public discussion, the series of accounting scandals and bankruptcies which has taken place in the last years is primarily attributed to the greed of managers and institutional lacks in securing shareholder's interests. However, this article argues that it is precisely the proliferation...

Today the western view of Russia presents the problem of corruption exclusively as a continuation of the old Soviet order. In this chapter it is argued that the present phenomenon of corruption in Russia systemicly emerged from the privatization of state property and the introduction of market...