How Russia really works the informal practices that shaped post-Soviet politics and business / by Ledeneva, Alena V., 1964-

Table of Contents: “…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.…”
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Not by bread alone social support in the new Russia / by Caldwell, Melissa L., 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Transnational soup -- Making do -- Everyday survival in a shortage society -- From hand to hand -- Informal networks -- The forest feeds us -- Organic exchange -- Strategic intimacy -- Communities of assistance -- The mythology of hunger -- Socialism revisited.…”
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The Politics of Bad Governance in Contemporary Russia / by Gelʹman, Vladimir, 1965-

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The Maidan Uprising, separatism and foreign intervention : Ukraine's complex transition /

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