Alena V. Ledeneva

Can Russia Modernise?

Sistema, Power Networks and Informal Governance

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A political ethnography of the inner workings of Putin's sistema, contributing to our understanding Russia's prospects for future modernisation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780521110822
• ISBN-10: 0521110823
• Artikelnr.: 36958315

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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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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.

Rezensionen

'An illuminating read.' Morning Star