04063nam 2200757 a 450 991078125030332120230207231333.00-8014-7352-70-8014-7005-60-8014-6168-510.7591/9780801461682(CKB)2550000000036428(SSID)ssj0000537654(PQKBManifestationID)11301151(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537654(PQKBWorkID)10554088(PQKB)11182856(MiAaPQ)EBC3138213(DE-B1597)481744(OCoLC)984686877(DE-B1597)9780801461682(Au-PeEL)EBL3138213(CaPaEBR)ebr10471858(CaONFJC)MIL681812(OCoLC)732959291(EXLCZ)99255000000003642820060714d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHow Russia really works[electronic resource] the informal practices that shaped post-Soviet politics and business /Alena V. LedenevaIthaca [N.Y.] Cornell University Press2006xii, 270 p. illCulture and society after socialismBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-322-50530-6 0-8014-4346-6 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.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.Culture and society after socialism.Political corruptionRussia (Federation)Political cultureRussia (Federation)CorporationsCorrupt practicesRussia (Federation)Corporate cultureRussia (Federation)Social networksRussia (Federation)Business networksRussia (Federation)Russia (Federation)Politics and government1991-Russia (Federation)Economic conditions1991-Political corruptionPolitical cultureCorporationsCorrupt practicesCorporate cultureSocial networksBusiness networks320.947Ledeneva Alena V.1964-297090MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781250303321How Russia really works1376715UNINA