For several centuries, the Russians have been famous for the number of transactions they conduct through unofficial channels. This book, the first sustained attempt to explain and analyze Russian society's reliance on unofficial "give-and-take," focuses especially on two key practices: bribery (the use of public office for private gain) and blat (the informal exchange of favors). It brings together specialists from a wide range of disciplines.
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"This fascinating collection of articles...offers something for almost everyone..."--Donald Filtzer, Slavic Review
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Stephen Lovell is Junior Research Fellow at St. John's College, Oxford. Alena Ledeneva is Research Fellow of New Hall and Affiliated Lecturer at Cambridge University. Andrei Rogachevskii is Teaching Assistant at the University of Glasgow.
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Whatever arguments may rage about continuity and change in Russian society and political culture, there are some areas of life in Russia that most observers tend to regard as eternal. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
blat practices, blat relations, uezd court, corrupt art, patrimonial power, rational bureaucracy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Czech Republic, Soviet Russia, Soviet Union, Harvard Project, The Twelve Chairs, Post-Communist Regimes, The Golden Calf, Criminal Code, Novyi Satirikon, Stalin's Time, Bureaucratic Encounters, Ivan Vyzhigin, The Government Inspector, Peter the Great, Samuel Smiles, Dead Souls, New Haven, Legislative Commission, New Brunswick, Problems of Communism, Skyblue Book, Slavic Review, Table of Ranks, Aquilina Semenovna New!
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Whatever arguments may rage about continuity and change in Russian society and political culture, there are some areas of life in Russia that most observers tend to regard as eternal. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
blat practices, blat relations, uezd court, corrupt art, patrimonial power, rational bureaucracy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Czech Republic, Soviet Russia, Soviet Union, Harvard Project, The Twelve Chairs, Post-Communist Regimes, The Golden Calf, Criminal Code, Novyi Satirikon, Stalin's Time, Bureaucratic Encounters, Ivan Vyzhigin, The Government Inspector, Peter the Great, Samuel Smiles, Dead Souls, New Haven, Legislative Commission, New Brunswick, Problems of Communism, Skyblue Book, Slavic Review, Table of Ranks, Aquilina Semenovna New!
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- Dead Souls: A Novel by Nikolai Gogol on 4 pages
- Dead Souls (Classiques Russes) (Russian Edition) by Nikolai Vasil'evich Gogol on 4 pages
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- Stalinism: New Directions (Rewriting Histories) by Sheila Fitzpatrick on page 181
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