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ISBN: 9780801461682

Serie: Culture and Society after Socialism

Inhalt: 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.

Anmerkung: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Illustrations -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction -- , 1. Why Are Informal Practices Still Prevalent in Russia? -- , 2. Chernyi Piar: Manipulative Campaigning and the Workings of Russian Democracy -- , 3. Kompromat: The Use of Compromising Information in Informal Politics -- , 4. Krugovaia Poruka: Sustaining the Ties of Joint Responsibility -- , 5. Tenevoi Barter: Shadow Barter, Barter Chains, and Nonmonetary Markets -- , 6. Dvoinaia Bukhgalteriia: Double Accountancy and Financial Scheming -- , 7. Post-Soviet Tolkachi: Alternative Enforcement and the Use of Law -- , Conclusion -- , Appendixes -- , Notes -- , Glossary -- , Bibliography -- , Index , In English.

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.7591/9780801461682

URL: https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801461682

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Umfang: 1 online resource (285 pages)

Ausgabe: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780801461682

Serie: Culture and Society after Socialism Ser

Inhalt: Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Why Are Informal Practices Still Prevalent in Russia? -- 2. Chernyi Piar: Manipulative Campaigning and the Workings of Russian Democracy -- 3. Kompromat: The Use of Compromising Informationin Informal Politics -- 4. Krugovaia Poruka: Sustaining the Ties of Joint Responsibility -- 5. Tenevoi Barter: Shadow Barter, Barter Chains, and Nonmonetary Markets -- 6. Dvoinaia Bukhgalteriia: Double Accountancy and Financial Scheming -- 7. Post-Soviet Tolkachi: Alternative Enforcement and the Use of Law -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Appendix 1. Pravda versus Istina -- Appendix 2. Profile of the Leading National Media Outlets in the 1990s -- Appendix 3. "Bound by One Chain" -- Appendix 4. List of Legal Documents Related to Barter Transactions in the Russian Federation, 1990-1997 -- Appendix 5. List of Respondents -- Appendix 6. List of Questions -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9780801443466

Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780801443466

Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Geschichte , Wirtschaftswissenschaften , Politologie , Ethnologie

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Umfang: xii, 270 p. : , ill.

Ausgabe: 1st ed.

ISBN: 0-8014-7352-7 , 0-8014-7005-6 , 0-8014-6168-5

Serie: Culture and society after socialism

Inhalt: 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.

Anmerkung: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , 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. , Issued also in print. , English

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 1-322-50530-6

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 0-8014-4346-6

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.7591/9780801461682