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60 Crime L. & Soc. Change 1 (2013)

handle is hein.journals/crmlsc60 and id is 1 raw text is: Crime Law Soc Change (2013) 60:1-24 DOI 10.1007/s10611-013-9446-x Rediscovering corruption's other side: bribing for peace in post-conflict Kosovo and Chechnya Yuliya Zabyelina - Jana Arsovska Published online: 25 April 2013 © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 Abstract Conventional approaches towards the impact of corruption on post-conflict stabilization suggest that corrupt practices impede a successful war to peace transi- tion. When transparency and accountability are absent, the risk of corruption threatens to turn the state apparatus into a tool of enrichment for those in power and affect the exit from violence/insurgency towards demobilization and reintegra- tion. However, corruption may have redeeming values by serving the function of a power-sharing arrangement between antagonistic parties, thereby, reinforcing peace. Radical anti-corruption programs in post-conflicts situations may bring adverse re- sults such as a renewal of violence. Aimed to fill the void in research on corruption in post-conflict situations, the article inquires about the links between corruption, peacebuilding and violent non-state actors. By combining various disciplinary ap- proaches, the article theorizes the outcomes of corruption in post-conflict situations and discusses them in the context of Kosovo and Chechnya. Introduction In post-conflict situations, conditions of political volatility, social disorder, and economic chaos create favorable environment for the expansion and continuity of corrupt practices viewed by the international community as great evils and key obstacles to democracy. When transparency and accountability are absent, the risk of corruption threatens to turn the state apparatus into a tool of enrichment for those in power and affect the exit from violence/insurgency towards demobilization, rein- tegration and stabilization. Thus the logical step preferred by most states is the fight against corruption at any cost. Does corruption, however, always bring harm or, are Y. Zabyelina (E) Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of International Relations and European Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic e-mail: yuliya.zabyelina@mail.muni.cz J. Arsovska Faculty of Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, New York, USA e-mail: jarsovska@jjay.cuny.edu 4L Springer

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