How Russia really works : the informal practices that shaped post-Soviet politics and business / / Alena V. Ledeneva.

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Superior document:Culture and society after socialism
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Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
Series:Culture and society after socialism.
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Physical Description:xii, 270 p. :; ill.
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Table of Contents:
  • Why are informal practices still prevalent in Russia?
  • Chernyi piar : manipulative campaigning and the workings of Russian democracy
  • Kompromat : the use of compromising information in informal politics
  • Krugovaia poruka : sustaining the ties of joint responsibility
  • Tenevoi barter : shadow barter, barter chains, and nonmonetary markets
  • Dvoinaia bukhgalteriia : double accountancy and financial scheming
  • Post-Soviet tolkachi : alternative enforcement and the use of law.