How Russia really works the informal practices that shaped post-Soviet politics and business

Record details

ISBN: 9780801461682 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0801461685 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0801443466 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0801473527 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780801443466 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780801473524 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (xii, 270 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2006.

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Why are informal practices still prevalent in Russia? -- Chernyi piar : manipulative campaigning and the workings of Russian democracy -- Kompromat : the use of compromising information in informal politics -- Krugovaia poruka : sustaining the ties of joint responsibility -- Tenevoi barter : shadow barter, barter chains, and nonmonetary markets -- Dvoinaia bukhgalteriia : double accountancy and financial scheming -- Post-Soviet tolkachi : alternative enforcement and the use of law.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.