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Ledeneva, Alena V.,

How Russia really works : the informal practices that shaped post-Soviet politics and business / Alena V. Ledeneva. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2006. - 270 p. : ill.

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. HKBU library

YT2025 M09

ISBN: 0801443466 0801473527 9780801443466 9780801473524

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Political corruption--Russia (Federation)
Political culture--Russia (Federation)
Corporations--Corrupt practices--Russia (Federation)
Corporate culture--Russia (Federation)
Social networks--Russia (Federation)
Business networks--Russia (Federation)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-
Russia (Federation)--Economic conditions--1991-

LC Class. No.: JN6695 / L472 H 2006