TY  - GEN
T1  - How Russia really works : the informal practices that shaped post-Soviet politics and business
T2  - Culture and society after socialism.
A1  - Ledeneva, Alena V., 1964-
LA  - English
PP  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
YR  - 2006
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1230255598
AB  - 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.
CN  - JN6695.A55
SN  - 9780801470059
SN  - 0801470056
SN  - 9780801461682
SN  - 0801461685
SN  - 0801443466
SN  - 0801473527
SN  - 9780801443466
SN  - 9780801473524
SN  - 0801443466 (cloth : alk. paper)
KW  - Political corruption : Russia (Federation)
KW  - Political culture : Russia (Federation)
KW  - Corporations : Corrupt practices : Russia (Federation)
KW  - Corporate culture : Russia (Federation)
KW  - Social networks : Russia (Federation)
KW  - Business networks : Russia (Federation)
KW  - Russia (Federation) : Politics and government : 1991-
KW  - Russia (Federation) : Economic conditions : 1991-
KW  - Corruption (Politique) : Russie.
KW  - Culture politique : Russie.
KW  - Entreprises : Pratiques déloyales : Russie.
KW  - Culture organisationnelle : Russie.
KW  - Réseaux sociaux : Russie.
KW  - Réseaux d'affaires : Russie.
KW  - Russie : Politique et gouvernement : 1991-2000.
KW  - Russie : Conditions économiques : 1991-
KW  - Sociétés : Pratiques déloyales : Russie.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : World : Russian & Former Soviet Union.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Essays.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Government : General.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Government : National.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Reference.
KW  - Postcommunisme.
KW  - Comportement politique.
KW  - Conditions économiques.
KW  - Entreprises.
KW  - Privatisation.
KW  - Ethique.
KW  - Corruption.
KW  - Russie.
KW  - Business networks
KW  - Corporate culture
KW  - Corporations : Corrupt practices
KW  - Economic history
KW  - Political corruption
KW  - Political culture
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Social networks
KW  - Russia (Federation)
KW  - Politisches System
KW  - Wirtschaft
KW  - Korruption
KW  - Russland
KW  - Corruptie.
KW  - Informele economie.
KW  - Politieke cultuur.
KW  - Rusland.
KW  - Since 1991
ER  -