How Russia really works
How Russia really works: the informal practices that shaped post-Soviet politics and business Alena V. Ledeneva
Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2006.
ISBN: 0801443466
DDC: 320.947
LCC: JN6695
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-261) and index.
Why are informal practices still prevalent in Russia? -- Chernyi
piar: dirty 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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