How Russia Really Works: The Informal Practices That Shaped Post-Soviet Politics and Business

by Alena V. Ledeneva

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801473527
• ISBN13: 9780801473524
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"