What explains Putin's enduring popularity in Russia? In The Red Mirror, Gulnaz
Sharafutdinova uses social identity theory to explain Putin's leadership. The main source of …

This paper examines the institutional embeddedness of entrepreneurial behavior. The
institutional context influences the nature, pace of development, and extent of …

Millions of people worldwide are affected by dramatic social change (DSC). While
sociological theory aims to understand its precipitants, the psychological consequences …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to suggest that informal practices and institutions of
post-Soviet countries differ from informality in other post-socialist regions and, therefore …

Literature within economic geography on the financialisation of everyday life has so far
overlooked the role of family. Using data collected from ethnographic research with six …

Drawing inspiration from institutional theory, a small sub-stream of literature has proposed
that participation in the informal economy arises from the lack of alignment of a society's …

Writing about the social and political revolts of 1968, Umberto Eco argued that one of the
dominant narratives used in interpreting the impact of these events suggests that '[e] ven …

Recent debates on informal economic activities have partially switched away from a pure
monetary logic towards a more complex one, embedded in long term relations and …

This article suggests that money payments are central to the persistence of informality in
Ukraine because they are more complex than simple bribes—they cement social obligations …

Since the 2003 Rose Revolution, the Georgian government implemented a number of major
institutional reforms which have succeeded in modernising Georgia's state institutions …