How Russia really works [electronic resource] : the informal practices that shaped post-Soviet politics and business / Alena V. Ledeneva.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: BookBookSeries: Culture and society after socialismPublication details: Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2006.Description: xii, 270 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 320.947 22
LOC classification:
  • JN6695.A55 C639 2006eb
Online resources:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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