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Marina Tsvetkova
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Nuffield College, University of Oxford, UK
Bulgaria |
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Patterns of Extra-Legal Dispute Settlement in Post-Communist Bulgaria
Shaken Order: Authority and Social Trust in Post-Communist Societies - Case Studies in Law |
Brief InformationMarina Tzvetkova received a MSc in Sociology from the University of Oxford, UK, and has been enrolled in the DPhil Programme in Sociology at the University of Oxford and Nuffield College since 2004. Her academic theses address Network Infl uences on the Emigration of the Highly Skilled from Bulgaria, and Wrestling for Supremacy: the evolution of extra-legal protection in Bulgaria.
Ms Tzvetkova was Research Assistant for Prof. Diego Gambetta, Department of Sociology and Nuffi eld University (2006-2007), and did research for the Directorate Justice and Home Affairs, European Commission (2003-2006); Centre for the Study of Democracy (2005-2006); Centre for Migration Policy and Society, University of Oxford (2004-2005) - to mention just a few of all her research assistantship positions in Bulgaria and abroad.
Her major interests are in the field of transition to democracy in Eastern Europe, extra-legal dispute settlement, social change and crime, deviant behaviour and organised crime, social network theories, and qualitative research methods. She is the author and co-author of numerous articles and reports published in international journals.
