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Russia's Economy of Favours

Russia's Economy of Favours
Blat, Networking and Informal Exchange

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  • Date Published: August 1998
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521627436

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  • This book examines the little-known phenomenon of blat--the use of informal contacts and personal networks to obtain goods and services under the rationing that pervaded Soviet Russia. Alena Ledeneva analyzes the historical, socioeconomic and cultural aspects of blat, and explores its implications for post-Soviet Russia. The political and economic reforms introduced since the collapse of the Soviet Union have radically affected everyday practices, but an understanding of blat remains crucial for interpreting the social, economic and criminal problems that affect the development of a market economy in post-Soviet Russia.

    • The first full-scale study of blat - the system of black markets and contacts in Soviet Russia which underlay the Soviet system
    • Full of inside information from extensive interviews, at a unique point in history, by a Russian scholar
    • The understanding of blat provides essential insights into the prospects for the success of market and democratic reforms in Russia
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    Reviews & endorsements

    "The book represents a significant new stage in research by scholars trained in Russia." Michael Paul Sacks, The Russian Review

    "Ledeneva's analysis is careful, well-presented, subtle, and intelligent." Slavic Review

    "Russia's Economy of Favours makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the late Soviet period, of the informal side of Soviet society, and of the social effects of the collapse of the Soviet union." Journal of Modern History

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    Product details

    • Date Published: August 1998
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521627436
    • length: 256 pages
    • dimensions: 229 x 152 x 15 mm
    • weight: 0.38kg
    • contains: 19 b/w illus. 9 tables
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    List of cartoons
    List of figures and tables
    Acknowledgements
    Introduction
    1. Blat: the unknown phenomenon
    2. Understanding blat
    3. The Soviet order: a view from within
    4. The use of personal networks
    5.Blat as a form of exchange: between gift and commodity
    6. Networking in the post-Soviet period
    Appendix
    Bibliography
    Index.

  • Author

    Alena V. Ledeneva, University of London

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