How Russia Really Works : : The Informal Practices That Shaped Post-Soviet Politics and Business /

How Russia Really Works : : The Informal Practices That Shaped Post-Soviet Politics and Business / / Alena V. Ledeneva.

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Ledeneva, Alena V.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]
©2013
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Culture and Society after Socialism
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.) :; 11 tables, 7 charts/graphs, 5 line figures
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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