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Summary information

Study title

Coping with Government in the FSU/ECE, 1996-1998

Creator

Koshechkina, T. Y., Ukrainian Surveys and Marketing, Kyiv, Ukraine
Miller, W. L., University of Strathclyde, Department of Politics
Grodeland, A. Berit, University of Glasgow, Department of Politics

Study number / PID

3930 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-3930-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


The purpose of this project was to see how citizens view their interactions with officials in various post-communist countries, in particular, to see: what kinds of `unfair' treatment people complain about; whether they have personal experience of unfair treatment or whether they are simply repeating hearsay and gossip; whether people think the change from communism to democracy made things better or worse; what strategies people adopt in dealing with officials; whether people really resent flexible behaviour by officials or regard it as a useful facility, and finally, what changes they would make to improve the interaction between citizens and the state. Conversely, to look at the perceptions and experiences of officials themselves, providing them with a <i>right of reply</i>.
Ukraine, Bulgaria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic were chosen as the focus for the research.
Main Topics:

The data set provides information on people's attitudes to economic and political reform; to government officials and their interactions with these; and their ideas on how to improve the official's behaviour, as well as the views of the officials themselves on these topics and their experiences dealing with the public.

Topics

Government, political systems and organisations

Keywords

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICEADVERTISINGAGEAGRICULTUREATTITUDESBUREAUCRACYBUSINESSESCITIZENSHIPCIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTSCIVIL SERVANTSCOMMUNISMCONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
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Methodology

Data collection period

01/01/1996 - 01/01/1998

Country

Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Multi-nation, Slovakia, Ukraine

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study
survey of general public; quota sample: survey of officials

Analysis unit

Individuals
Cross-national
National
Adults

Universe

1. Adults and selected ethnic minorities (Hungarians in Slovakia; Turks in Bulgaria; Russians, Crimean Tatars, Hungarians and Rusyns in Ukraine) resident in Bulgaria, Slovakia, Ukraine and the Czech Republic from July to October 1996. 2. 5 main categories and 15 sub-categories of officials in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Ukraine.

Sampling procedure

Quota sample
Multi-stage stratified random sample
A quota sample was used for the officials' survey. A multi-stage stratified random sample was used for the survey of the public.

Kind of data

QSR NUD*IST computer files, containing focus group transcripts and in-depth interview summaries (text format) and a basic data analysis scheme, based on which a more complex analysis may be made.

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview
Focus group discussions

Funding information

Grant number

R000222474

Grant number

R6445

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1999

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Related publications

  • Grodeland, A., Miller, W. and Koshechkina, T. (1998) '‘Foolish to give and yet more foolish not to take'—: In‐depth interviews with post‐communist citizens on their everyday use of bribes and contacts', Europe-Asia Studies, 651-677
  • Koshechkina, T., Miller, W. and Grodeland, A. (1998) 'A person requests, a bureaucrat rejects :: an in-depth study of public attitudes towards officials in Ukraine, Bulgaria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic' in J. Jabes (ed.), , Bratislava: NISPAcee, 162-181. ISBN80-96761641
  • Miller, W., Koshechkina, T. and Grodeland, A. (1999) 'What is to be done about corrupt officials?: Public opinion and reform strategies in post-communist Europe', International Review of Administrative Sciences, 235-249
  • Koshechkina, T., Miller, W. and Grodeland, A. (1997) 'How Citizens Cope with Postcommunist Officials:: Evidence from Focus Group Discussions in Ukraine and the Czech Republic', Political Studies, 597-625
  • Grodeland, A., Koshechkina, T. and Miller, W. (2000) 'The Ethnic Dimension to Bureaucratic Encounters in Postcommunist Europe:: Perceptions and Experience', Nations and Nationalism, 43-66
  • Grodeland, A., Miller, W. and Koshechkina, T. (1997) 'Alternative strategies for coping with officials in different postcommunist regimes:: the worm's eye view', Public Administration and Development, 511-528
  • Grodeland, A. and Koshechkina, T. (1998) 'Are the people victims or accomplices :: the use of presents and bribes to influence officials in Eastern Europe', Crime, Law and Social Change, 273-312
  • Miller, W., White, S., Grodeland, A. and Oates, S. (2000) 'Religion and political action in postcommunist Europe', Political Studies, 681-705