Informal Politics in Azerbaijan

Corruption and Rent-Seeking Patterns

Author(s): Hannes Meissner
Editor(s): Iris Kempe, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Lili Di Puppo
Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Issue: 24
Pages: 6-9
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Jefferson Institute, Washington D.C.; Heinrich Böll Foundation, Tbilisi; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2011

In Azerbaijan, post-Soviet clientelist networks, united under the rule of the president's family, largely determine the patterns of corruption and rent-seeking. This article sheds light on how these networks operate.

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