LEADER 04063nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910781250303321 005 20230207231333.0 010 $a0-8014-7352-7 010 $a0-8014-7005-6 010 $a0-8014-6168-5 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801461682 035 $a(CKB)2550000000036428 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000537654 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11301151 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537654 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10554088 035 $a(PQKB)11182856 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138213 035 $a(DE-B1597)481744 035 $a(OCoLC)984686877 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801461682 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138213 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10471858 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681812 035 $a(OCoLC)732959291 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000036428 100 $a20060714d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHow Russia really works$b[electronic resource] $ethe informal practices that shaped post-Soviet politics and business /$fAlena V. Ledeneva 210 $aIthaca [N.Y.] $cCornell University Press$d2006 215 $axii, 270 p. $cill 225 1 $aCulture and society after socialism 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-50530-6 311 $a0-8014-4346-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWhy 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. 330 $aDuring the Soviet era, blat-the use of personal networks for obtaining goods and services in short supply and for circumventing formal procedures-was necessary to compensate for the inefficiencies of socialism. The collapse of the Soviet Union produced a new generation of informal practices. In How Russia Really Works, Alena V. Ledeneva explores practices in politics, business, media, and the legal sphere in Russia in the 1990s-from the hiring of firms to create negative publicity about one's competitors, to inventing novel schemes of tax evasion and engaging in "alternative" techniques of contract and law enforcement.Ledeneva discovers ingenuity, wit, and vigor in these activities and argues that they simultaneously support and subvert formal institutions. They enable corporations, the media, politicians, and businessmen to operate in the post-Soviet labyrinth of legal and practical constraints but consistently undermine the spirit, if not the letter, of the law. The "know-how" Ledeneva describes in this book continues to operate today and is crucial to understanding contemporary Russia. 410 0$aCulture and society after socialism. 606 $aPolitical corruption$zRussia (Federation) 606 $aPolitical culture$zRussia (Federation) 606 $aCorporations$xCorrupt practices$zRussia (Federation) 606 $aCorporate culture$zRussia (Federation) 606 $aSocial networks$zRussia (Federation) 606 $aBusiness networks$zRussia (Federation) 607 $aRussia (Federation)$xPolitics and government$y1991- 607 $aRussia (Federation)$xEconomic conditions$y1991- 615 0$aPolitical corruption 615 0$aPolitical culture 615 0$aCorporations$xCorrupt practices 615 0$aCorporate culture 615 0$aSocial networks 615 0$aBusiness networks 676 $a320.947 700 $aLedeneva$b Alena V.$f1964-$0297090 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781250303321 996 $aHow Russia really works$91376715 997 $aUNINA