The Elephant in the Room

Corruption and Cheating in Russian Universities
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-3-8382-0670-7
Verlag: ibidem

Buch, Englisch, Band 132, 102 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society

This book offers a long overdue account of the vast corruption and cheating practices in Russian higher education, including bribery, financial fraud, clientelism, plagiarism, and exam cheating. Serghei Golunov ruthlessly uncovers the recent social trends that have created a favorable ground for such malpractices and evaluates the efficiency of measures taken against corruption and fraud by various actors. Although corruption and cheating are so widespread the value of most Russian diplomas is in doubt, these problems are prioritized neither by higher education managers nor by foreign actors such as partner universities, participants of the Bologna process, or the authors of global university rankings.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Golunov, Serghei

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Korruption
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Universitäten, Wissenschaftliche Akademien, Gelehrtengesellschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and acronyms
1. Introduction
2. Vulnerabilities of the Russian higher education system
3. Corruption and cheating practices
4. Counteraction efforts
5. Conclusions
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Serghei Golunov is the author of two other books, including EU-Russian Border Security, Challenges, (Mis)Perceptions, and Responses, and close to 150 articles and policy papers. His research interests include corruption in higher education, post-Soviet border security issues, and conspiracy theorizing in Russia.