Russia's Economy of Favours
Alena V. (University of London) Ledeneva
Cambridge University Press, 1998
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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.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521627436
- ISBN-10
- 0521627435
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 1998
- Publication date
- 1998-08-06
- Pages
- 256
- Dimensions
- 230x152x15
- Weight
- 390