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Author |
: Alena V. Ledeneva |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 154 |
Release |
: 1998-08-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521627435 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521627436 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Russia's Economy of Favours by : Alena V. Ledeneva
The word blat refers to the system of informal contacts and personal networks which was used to obtain goods and services under the rationing which characterised Soviet Russia. Alena Ledeneva's book is the first to analyse blat in all its historical, socio-economic and cultural aspects, and to explore its implications for post-Soviet society. In a socialist distribution system which resulted in constant shortages, blat developed into an 'economy of favours' which shadowed an overcontrolling centre and represented the reaction of ordinary people to the social constraints they faced. In social and economic terms, blat exchanges became vital to the population, and to the functioning of the Soviet system. The book shows that the nature of the economic and political changes in contemporary Russia cannot be properly understood without attention to the powerful legacy of the blat economy.
Author |
: Alena V. Ledeneva |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 235 |
Release |
: 1998 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1285745677 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis Russia's economy of Favours by : Alena V. Ledeneva
Author |
: Alena V. Ledeneva |
Publisher |
: Cornell University Press |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2014-01-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780801470059 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0801470056 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis How Russia Really Works by : Alena V. Ledeneva
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. She 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. On December 6, 2009, Alena Ledeneva discussed her book on the BBC Radio program Forum. Here's the link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00551mg#synopsis.
Author |
: Alena V. Ledeneva |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 331 |
Release |
: 2013-02-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780521110822 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0521110823 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Can Russia Modernise? by : Alena V. Ledeneva
A political ethnography of the inner workings of Putin's sistema, contributing to our understanding Russia's prospects for future modernisation.
Author |
: David Henig |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 254 |
Release |
: 2017 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199687411 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199687412 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis Economies of Favour After Socialism by : David Henig
A volume on the economics of favours and how they function as socially efficacious actions in post-socialist regions including central, eastern, and south eastern Europe; the former Soviet Union; Mongolia; and post-Maoist China.
Author |
: Alena Ledeneva |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 320 |
Release |
: 2000-08-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105110348542 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Economic Crime in Russia by : Alena Ledeneva
This book is distinctive in at least three ways. Firstly, the authors approach economic crime in Russia without its a priori stigmatization as part of the general `criminalization' of the economy. Rather they view it as a generic response to and integral part of the post-Soviet transition, and analyze the role of economic crime in the functioning/subverting of state, market and civil society institutions in the new Russia. Secondly, the book reveals the latent constituents of economic crime andndash; the customary practices which are so widespread that they become commonly accepted or tolerated in society, but at the same time constitute and nurture an environment for economic crime. Thirdly, it offers clues for solving some of Russia's paradoxes: How do people survive if wages are not paid on time or in full, and even when paid, are still inadequate for basic living standards? If the rule of law does not rule, then what does? What are the rules of the alleged Russian disorder? How is it possible to combat corruption in a society where supposedly no agency or institution is free from it? Most forms of Russian economic crime in the 1990s are examined in this book. The authors demonstrate how change and continuity are both factors which are crucial to an understanding of the post-Soviet order and to account for the difficulties of democratization and marketization in Russia. This work challenges the supposed transparency of the post-Soviet Russian economy for the outside world and shows how the Russian economy really works. The idea for this book arose out of the East European Regional Programme at the 16th International Symposium on Economic Crime, held at Jesus College in Cambridge in September 1998. It includes papers presented at the Symposium together with new papers commissioned especially for this volume.
Author |
: Alena V. Ledeneva |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 60 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105111606534 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis Unwritten Rules by : Alena V. Ledeneva
Author |
: Albrecht Rothacher |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2021 |
ISBN-10 |
: 3030740781 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9783030740788 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis Putinomics by : Albrecht Rothacher
This book sheds new light on the political economy of Russia under Putin's rule. The author, a former EU diplomat, presents a historical review of the Russian economy and 60 years of state-communist mismanagement, followed by oligarchic privatization. The book offers profound insights into Putin's rule and the power mechanics of the state-dominated management of the Russian economy. It identifies and assesses the lack of rule of law, together with an arbitrary and often corrupt administration that systematically discourages entrepreneurship and the emergence of an independent middle class. Furthermore, the book discusses Russia's budgetary policy, its dependence on the export of natural resources, state-owned enterprises and their privileges, and Russia's external trade. This hard-hitting, substantial analysis debunks the myth of Russia's economic might and is a must read for anyone seeking to understand the economic realities of the Eurasian continent, or considering doing business with Russia.
Author |
: Evgenij G. Jasin |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 85 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1068463502 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis How to Revive Russia's Economy by : Evgenij G. Jasin
Author |
: John Christopher Cross |
Publisher |
: Stanford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 286 |
Release |
: 1998 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780804730624 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0804730628 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Informal Politics by : John Christopher Cross
As economic crises struck the Third World in the 1970s and 1980s, large segments of the population turned to the informal economy to survive. This book looks at street vending as a political process in the largest city in the world.