TY - BOOK AU - Ledeneva,Alena V. ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - How Russia really works: the informal practices that shaped post-Soviet politics and business T2 - Culture and society after socialism AV - JN6695.A55 C639 2006 U1 - 320.947 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Ithaca [N.Y.] PB - Cornell University Press KW - Political corruption KW - Russia (Federation) KW - Political culture KW - Corporations KW - Corrupt practices KW - Corporate culture KW - Social networks KW - Business networks KW - Politics and government KW - 1991- KW - Economic conditions KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3138213 ER -