Can Russia Modernise?: Sistema, Power Networks and Informal Governance

by Alena V. Ledeneva

Book Overview

In this original, bottom-up account of the evolution of contemporary Russia, Alena Ledeneva seeks to reveal how informal power operates. Concentrating on Vladimir Putin's system of governance - referred to as sistema - she identifies four key types of networks: his inner circle, useful friends, core contacts and more diffuse ties and connections. These networks serve sistema but also serve themselves. Reliance on networks enables leaders to mobilise...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521110823
• ISBN13: 9780521110822
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"