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Corruption in a culture of money: Understanding social norms in post-Soviet Uzbekistan

In English

Författare

Redaktör

  • Matthias Baier

Summary, in English

The aim of this article is to explore the social meaning and ordinary activities surrounding informal transactions in order to better understand the social context forming the premises and informing the meaning of corruption in Uzbekistan. A theoretically founded hypothesis is that informal transactions in Uzbek society reflect different cultural meanings than in the Western world. If this is true, there may be reasons to re-evaluate the concept of corruption in order to reflect the morality of exchange in Uzbekistan. This article is based on two periods of field research between 2009-2010 in Oltiariq district of Fergana region, Uzbekistan. We used ethnographic methods and the case of wedding ceremonies in order to illustrate local perceptions of informal exchange. Our results can be summarised in three main points: (a) informal transactions are deeply embedded in cultural practices; (b) not all informal transactions are corrupt; (c) when talking about (or measuring) corruption, local perceptions should be taken into account.

Avdelning/ar

Publiceringsår

2013

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

267-284

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Social and Legal Norms

Dokumenttyp

Del av eller Kapitel i bok

Förlag

Ashgate

Ämne

  • Law and Society
  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Nyckelord

  • ethnography
  • Central Asia
  • social norms
  • law and society
  • corruption
  • Uzbekistan

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISBN: 978-1-4094-5343-7