In Southeast Europe there is a big disjunction between formal procedures and informal practices-a...
This book examines the little-known phenomenon of blat - the use of informal contacts and persona...
Despite great advances in corruption studies over the last three decades, there is still a lot to...
A political ethnography of the inner workings of Putin's sistema, contributing to our understandi...
This book examines the little-known phenomenon of blat - the use of informal contacts and persona...
In this original, bottom-up account of the evolution of contemporary Russia, Alena Ledeneva seeks...
The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 3 continues the journey of the two previous volum...
The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 3