Book Launch: Corruption, Informality and Entrepreneurship in Romania

About the book:

This book is a bold inquiry into the European Union (EU) policies, practices and assumptions filling an important gap in knowledge regarding the impact, efficacy and efficiency of EU structural funding in Romania. It examines the meaning, structure, practices and symbolism of corruption in relationship to EU funding, arguing that anti-corruption field is a site for negotiations of political agendas. The book offers a unique account of the complex transformations faced by post-communist societies, providing new insights into the nature and forms of corruption, by analysing it as a historically contingent process. This book will be a key resource for scholars and specialists in political sociology and public policy, private sector and business circles who intend to conduct business in Romania, as well as government officials working in the area of EU funding and anti-corruption.

Speakers:

Professor Paul Heywood (Nottingham University), Sir Francis Hill Professor of European Politics, Faculty of Social Sciences

Professor Claudio Radaelli (Exeter University), Anniversary Chair in Politics, Director of the Centre for European Governance and Jean Monnet Chair in Political Economy.

The panel discussion will be followed by Q&A. The launch will conclude with a wine reception in the Masaryk Senior Common Room.

About the author:

Dr Roxana Bratu is researcher at the Institute for Cultural and Creative Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths, University of London and honorary fellow at UCL SSEES. She completed her PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science in Sociology and subsequently held postdoctoral positions at UCL and Goldsmiths.