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7 - Conclusion and Policy Recommendations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2020

David Szakonyi
Affiliation:
George Washington University, Washington DC
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The final chapter first summarizes the main arguments made in the book, overviewing the hypotheses developed and evidence used to test them in the empirical chapters. The conclusion also addresses the question of external validity by drawing in examples of similar phenomena from other countries around the world, both developing and developed, that are experiencing significant interest in political office from businesspeople. The book paints a somewhat grim picture of the effects of businesspeople winning elected office. In this chapter, I lastly examine whether there are policy solutions that might deter those businesspeople looking to abuse their positions in their private interests from running. I close by offering a number of recommendations that emerge from the analysis, both including and going beyond ethics laws, that could be of use in containing rent-seeking by these individuals in power.

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Politics for Profit
Business, Elections, and Policymaking in Russia
, pp. 241 - 258
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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