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

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ledeneva, Alena V., 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.