How Russia Really Works : : The Informal Practices That Shaped Post-Soviet Politics and Business / / Alena V. Ledeneva.
During the Soviet era, blat-the use of personal networks for obtaining goods and services in short supply and for circumventing formal procedures-was necessary to compensate for the inefficiencies of socialism. The collapse of the Soviet Union produced a new generation of informal practices. In How...
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Ledeneva, Alena V., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut How Russia Really Works : The Informal Practices That Shaped Post-Soviet Politics and Business / Alena V. Ledeneva. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2011] ©2013 1 online resource (288 p.) : 11 tables, 7 charts/graphs, 5 line figures text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Culture and Society after Socialism Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Why Are Informal Practices Still Prevalent in Russia? -- 2. Chernyi Piar: Manipulative Campaigning and the Workings of Russian Democracy -- 3. Kompromat: The Use of Compromising Information in Informal Politics -- 4. Krugovaia Poruka: Sustaining the Ties of Joint Responsibility -- 5. Tenevoi Barter: Shadow Barter, Barter Chains, and Nonmonetary Markets -- 6. Dvoinaia Bukhgalteriia: Double Accountancy and Financial Scheming -- 7. Post-Soviet Tolkachi: Alternative Enforcement and the Use of Law -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star During the Soviet era, blat-the use of personal networks for obtaining goods and services in short supply and for circumventing formal procedures-was necessary to compensate for the inefficiencies of socialism. The collapse of the Soviet Union produced a new generation of informal practices. In How Russia Really Works, Alena V. Ledeneva explores practices in politics, business, media, and the legal sphere in Russia in the 1990s-from the hiring of firms to create negative publicity about one's competitors, to inventing novel schemes of tax evasion and engaging in "alternative" techniques of contract and law enforcement.Ledeneva discovers ingenuity, wit, and vigor in these activities and argues that they simultaneously support and subvert formal institutions. They enable corporations, the media, politicians, and businessmen to operate in the post-Soviet labyrinth of legal and practical constraints but consistently undermine the spirit, if not the letter, of the law. The "know-how" Ledeneva describes in this book continues to operate today and is crucial to understanding contemporary Russia. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Corporate culture Russia (Federation). Corporations Corrupt practices Russia (Federation). Political corruption Russia (Federation). Political culture Russia (Federation). General Economics. Political Science & Political History. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct . bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 9783110536157 print 9780801443466 https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801461682 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801461682 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780801461682/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Why Are Informal Practices Still Prevalent in Russia? -- 2. Chernyi Piar: Manipulative Campaigning and the Workings of Russian Democracy -- 3. Kompromat: The Use of Compromising Information in Informal Politics -- 4. Krugovaia Poruka: Sustaining the Ties of Joint Responsibility -- 5. Tenevoi Barter: Shadow Barter, Barter Chains, and Nonmonetary Markets -- 6. Dvoinaia Bukhgalteriia: Double Accountancy and Financial Scheming -- 7. Post-Soviet Tolkachi: Alternative Enforcement and the Use of Law -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Why Are Informal Practices Still Prevalent in Russia? -- 2. Chernyi Piar: Manipulative Campaigning and the Workings of Russian Democracy -- 3. Kompromat: The Use of Compromising Information in Informal Politics -- 4. Krugovaia Poruka: Sustaining the Ties of Joint Responsibility -- 5. Tenevoi Barter: Shadow Barter, Barter Chains, and Nonmonetary Markets -- 6. Dvoinaia Bukhgalteriia: Double Accountancy and Financial Scheming -- 7. Post-Soviet Tolkachi: Alternative Enforcement and the Use of Law -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
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