Can Russia Modernise? - Sistema, Power Networks and Informal Governance

Informationen zum Autor Alena V. Ledeneva is Professor of Politics and Society, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. Her previous books include How Russia Really Works (2006) and Russia's Economy of Favours (Cambridge University Press, 1998). Klappentext A political ethnography of the inner workings of Putin's sistema, contributing to our understanding Russia's prospects for future modernisation. Zusammenfassung Alena Ledeneva investigates the crucial role of informal power in Russia's political system. She concentrates on sistema - the network-based system of governance - and reveals its potential for and the limitations to Russia's modernisation. Her sources are in-depth interviews with sistema insiders and evidence brought to light in London courts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: modernising sistema; 1. What is sistema?; 2. Putin's sistema: svoi on top; 3. The inner workings of sistema: from blat to otkat; 4. Sistema's material culture: from vertushka to Vertu; 5. 'Telephone justice' in the global age: from commands to signals; 6. 'Werewolves in epaulets': from doublethink to doubledeed; 7. From dealership to leadership: sistema and informal governance; Conclusion.

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• Authors: Alena V Ledeneva, Alena V. Ledeneva, Alena V. (University College London) Ledeneva, LEDENEVA ALENA V, Ledeneva Alena V.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.02.2013
• EAN: 9780521110822
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11082-2
• No. of pages: 332
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Russia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, Political science & theory, Political structure & processes, Political Economy, Political science and theory, Political structure and processes