Web essays
This site contains links to students' web essays on the theme of informality.
You are what you eat: How food can explain why socialism failed in Poland
By Ania Milligan, UCL Anthropology alumna
In her interactive essay, prepared for the module The Anthropology of Socialist and Post-Socialist Societies convened by Ruth Mandel, Ania Milligan proposes that the food practices in socialist and post-socialist Poland can elucidate ‘why the Russian socialist occupation was ultimately unsuccessful’.
Coursework for Causes, Consequences and Control: Corruption and Governance
A selection of web essays prepared in academic years 2018/19 and 2019/20 for the UCL SSEES course SEES0081: Causes, Consequences and Control: Corruption and Governance. The essays were marked assignments, so the authors of the essays remain anonymous.
La Gaceta Informal: Informal News & Opinion Blog
Central Asia Review: Studies on Informality in Central Asia
Informal Influence of the Oligarchy in Russia
Discovering Corrupt practices in the USA
Informal Governance in India and China
Informal Governance in Crisis Venezuela
Corruption and Informality: Case studies from the European Union
Governance and Corruption on Russia and quiz