This contribution explores the importance of independent organizations in authoritarian regimes. While some authoritarian governments delegate policy tasks to (relatively) autonomous agencies simply in order to improve their domestic or international image as modern political leaders or to build...

Kathrin Jurkats Studie befasst sich mit der Privatisierung der Wirtschaft während der postsozialistischen Transformation in Serbien. Im Zentrum der Untersuchung stehen Arbeiter und Arbeiterinnen zweier Betriebe in der vojvodinischen Stadt Zrenjanin. Die Autorin untersucht, wie diese den...

This paper suggests a two-dimensional concept of nonliberal capitalism: coordinated capitalism (as described in the varieties of capitalism framework) and organized capitalism. While the coordination function of institutions canalizes individual maximization strategies of firms in order to...