Research Interests
Comparative politics, political economy,
democratization, political participation, corruption,
political legitimacy, Islam, local politics,
postcommunist politics, Russia,
Central Asia
kelly.mcmann@case.edu
Mather House 218
Phone (216) 368-5565
Fax (216) 368-4681
Dr. McMann currently is conducting
research on three topics—corruption, political
legitimacy, and Islam. She is writing a book, entitled
Grand Plans and Petty Corruption: Adapting to the Market
in Postcommunist Countries, which explores why citizens
use bribes, personal connections, and promises of
political support to obtain government assistance. For
this project she has conducted field and survey research
in post-Soviet Central Asia and will draw comparisons
with other regions of the world. Her initial findings
appeared in "Market Reform as a Stimulus to
Particularistic Politics," Comparative Political Studies
(July 2009) and "The Shrinking of the Welfare State:
Central Asians' Assessments of Soviet and Post-Soviet
Governance" in the edited volume Everyday Life in
Central Asia (Indiana University Press, 2007). In
another project, McMann offers a theory to explain how
standards for state legitimacy emerge in new states and
formerly collapsed states. Specifically, her research
explains how individuals come to share similar
expectations of their states. Another ongoing project
explores why mosques and other Islamic institutions
provide social services in some Muslim societies,
whereas in others they do not.
In prior research, McMann investigated how citizens'
economic relationships with the state influence their
willingness to engage in civic activities essential to
democracy. She describes the findings from this
investigation in her book Economic Autonomy and
Democracy: Hybrid Regimes in Russia and Kyrgyzstan
(Cambridge University Press, 2006). Related work appears
in the edited volume The Transformation of Central Asia:
States and Societies from Soviet Rule to Independence
(Cornell University Press, 2003).
McMann’s research in Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and
Uzbekistan has been funded by the National Science
Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities,
the Social Science Research Council, the National
Council for Eurasian and East European Research, the
International Research & Exchanges Board, and the
Institute for the Study of World Politics. Her courses
include Introduction to Comparative Politics, Political
Science Research Methods, State-Building and State
Collapse, Politics of Central Asia, Politics of Russia,
and an interdisciplinary seminar entitled Evidence. Dr. McMann received her Ph.D. from the University of
Michigan in 2000 and conducted research at the Davis
Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard
University before coming to Case.
Selected Publications -
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