Alena C. Ledeneva

Russia's Economy of Favours

Blat, Networking and Informal Exchange

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 573g
• ISBN-13: 9780521621748
• ISBN-10: 0521621747
• Artikelnr.: 23820022

Inhaltsangabe

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.