Corruption in the Post-Communist Societies

Corruption in Post-Communist Societies: Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union

Revised April 20, 2001

Michael Johnston
Department of Political Science
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY 13346 USA

mjohnston@colgate.edu
Tel: +1-315-228-7756
Fax: +1-315-228-7883

This is a working bibliography of library and web resources assembled in the Spring of 1999 with the assistance and support of the Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative of the Open Society Institute, Budapest, Hungary. It is intended to be useful to researchers, journalists, students, and all others concerned with corruption and development in the former Communist world.

The emphasis here is on corruption, and on materials published in English since 1989. Thus, for a number of closely-related topics -- such as Russian mafiyas -- only a few major sources are listed. In addition, while many excellent studies were published before 1989, and in other languages, they are not listed here. They are, however, cited and discussed in many of the publications listed here, and they may prove very useful to anyone seeking to understand the deeper origins, and the consequences, of corruption in the region.

There are two lists of resources: Print (books and articles) and Web resources (links to organizations, scholars, data and written materials on the Internet). A Search page enables you to determine whether a term (a name, a concept, a title) appears in either of these lists. Then, moving to that page and using the "Find" command on your web browser will enable you to find each occurrence of that term.

I have added a large, general bibliography on corruption, democracy, and development (see link at upper left). This list, which is in the process of revision and reorganization, generally does not overlap the bibliography on post-communist societies, and will be a useful resource for those studying corruption and its effects more generally.

"New and Noteworthy": This page includes information on anti-corruption initiatives, conferences, training courses, and other events of interest to users of this bibliography. To submit material for this page, please contact me at mjohnston@mail.colgate.edu.

No guarantee is made of the completeness of this list of resources, or of the quality or accuracy of any information or reports contained in, provided by, or linked to by any of the sources or organizations listed below. Every effort has been made to list current web links, but as these change frequently, some listed here may be dead links. As with all material on the web, careful scholarly judgment will be essential for putting these materials to best use.

This listing will be revised and expanded on a continuing basis; your additions, corrections, and suggestions would be most welcome!

Hamilton, New York
April, 1999

Last revised April 20, 2001

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