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Russia's Economy of Favours: Blat, Networking and Informal Exchange - Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies
Ledeneva, Alena V. (University of London)
Russia's Economy of Favours: Blat, Networking and Informal Exchange - Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies
Ledeneva, Alena V. (University of London)
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 which pervaded Soviet Russia. Alena Ledeneva analyses the historical, socio-economic, and cultural aspects of blat, and explores its implications for post-Soviet Russia.
256 pages, 19 b/w illus. 9 tables
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | August 6, 1998 |
ISBN13 | 9780521627436 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 256 |
Dimensions | 152 × 230 × 15 mm · 390 g |
Language | English |
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