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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ledeneva, Alena V., 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo

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