Alena V. Ledeneva – författare & böcker

Can Russia Modernise?

Sistema, Power Networks and Informal Governance

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

1 110 kr

Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar

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 and to control, yet they also lock politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen into informal deals, mediated interests and personalised loyalty. This is the 'modernisation trap of informality': one cannot use the potential of informal networks without triggering their negative long-term consequences for institutional development. Ledeneva's perspective on informal power is based on in-depth interviews with sistema insiders and enhanced by evidence of its workings brought to light in court cases, enabling her to draw broad conclusions about the prospects for Russia's political institutions.

Can Russia Modernise?

Sistema, Power Networks and Informal Governance

AvAlena V. Ledeneva

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

367 kr

Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar

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 and to control, yet they also lock politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen into informal deals, mediated interests and personalised loyalty. This is the 'modernisation trap of informality': one cannot use the potential of informal networks without triggering their negative long-term consequences for institutional development. Ledeneva's perspective on informal power is based on in-depth interviews with sistema insiders and enhanced by evidence of its workings brought to light in court cases, enabling her to draw broad conclusions about the prospects for Russia's political institutions.

Del 102 - Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies

Russia's Economy of Favours

Blat, Networking and Informal Exchange

AvAlena V. Ledeneva

Inbunden, Engelska, 1998

1 338 kr

Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar

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.

Del 102 - Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies

Russia's Economy of Favours

Blat, Networking and Informal Exchange

AvAlena V. Ledeneva

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

585 kr

Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar

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.

How Russia Really Works

The Informal Practices That Shaped Post-Soviet Politics and Business

AvAlena V. Ledeneva

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

1 096 kr

Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar

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.

How Russia Really Works

The Informal Practices That Shaped Post-Soviet Politics and Business

AvAlena V. Ledeneva

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

394 kr

Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar

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.

Economic Crime in Russia

AvMarina Kurkchiyan,Alena V. Ledeneva

E-bok

PDF, Engelska, 2000

3 082 kr

Läs direkt efter köp

This book is distinctive in at least three ways. First, 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. Second, the book reveals the latent constituents of economic crime - 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. Third, 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.

Alena V. Ledeneva is Lecturer in Russian Politics and Society at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College, London. Marina Kurkchiyan is Peter North Fellow in the Sociology of Law at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, and Fellow of Keble College.

Economic Crime in Russia

AvAlena V. Ledeneva,Marina Kurkchiyan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

3 432 kr

Tillfälligt slut

Företag, bibliotek eller offentlig verksamhet?

Alena V. Ledeneva – författare

Can Russia Modernise?

Can Russia Modernise?

Russia's Economy of Favours

Russia's Economy of Favours

How Russia Really Works

How Russia Really Works

Economic Crime in Russia

Economic Crime in Russia

Mina sidor

Mina sidor

Hjälp

Hjälp

Om Bokus

Om Bokus

Populärt

Populärt

Inspiration

Inspiration