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How Russia really works : the informal practices that shaped post-Soviet politics and business / Alena V. Ledeneva.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ledeneva, Alena V., 1964-
- Series:
- Culture and society after socialism.
- Culture and society after socialism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political corruption--Russia (Federation).
- Political corruption.
- Political culture--Russia (Federation).
- Political culture.
- Corporations--Corrupt practices--Russia (Federation).
- Corporations.
- Corporate culture--Russia (Federation).
- Corporate culture.
- Social networks--Russia (Federation).
- Social networks.
- Business networks--Russia (Federation).
- Business networks.
- Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-.
- Russia (Federation).
- Russia (Federation)--Economic conditions--1991-.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 270 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780801473524
- 0801473527
- 9780801470059
- 0801470056
- 9780801461682
- 0801461685
- OCLC:
- 984686877
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