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03338aam a2200457 i 4500 001 CE9A5BFEDAE011E39FFAC3B9DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140513155358 008 120730s2013 enk b 001 0deng 010 $a 2012030784 020 $a 0521125634 (paperback) 020 $a 9780521125635 (paperback) 020 $a 0521110823 (hardback) 020 $a 9780521110822 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)805544863 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d YNK $d CDX $d STF $d CGU $d BWX $d IUL $d COO $d YUS $d OCLCF $d HEBIS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-ru--- 050 00 $a DK510.766.P87 $b L43 2013 100 1 $a Ledeneva, Alena V., $d 1964- 245 10 $a Can Russia modernise? : $b sistema, power networks and informal governance / $c Alena V. Ledeneva. 264 1 $a Cambridge ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2013. 300 $a xv, 314 p. : $b ill ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "In this original, bottom-up account of the evolution of contemporary Russia, Alena Ledeneva seeks to reveal and decode how informal power operates. Concentrating on Vladimir Putin's system of governance - referred to as sistema - she identifies four key types of networks: his inner circle, useful friends, core contacts and more diffuse ties and connections. These networks serve sistema but also serve themselves. Reliance on networks enables leaders to mobilise and to control, yet they also lock politicians, bureaucrats and businesses into informal deals, mediated interests and personalised loyalty. This is the 'modernisation trap of informality': one cannot use the potential of informal networks without triggering their negative long-term consequences for institutional development. Ledeneva's perspective on informal power is based on in-depth interviews with sistema insiders and enhanced by evidence of its workings brought to light in court cases, enabling her to draw broad conclusions about the prospects for Russia's political institutions"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: modernising sistema -- 1. What is sistema? -- 2. Putin's sistema: svoi on the 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. 600 10 $a Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, $d 1952- $x Friends and associates. 600 10 $a Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, $d 1952- $x Political and social views. 650 0 $a Social networks $x Political aspects $z Russia (Federation) 650 0 $a Power (Social sciences) $z Russia (Federation) 650 0 $a Political culture $z Russia (Federation) 650 0 $a Social change $z Russia (Federation) 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x Politics and government. 856 42 $3 Cover image $u http://assets.cambridge.org/97805211/10822/cover/9780521110822.jpg 941 $a 4 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214033128.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171221053552.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826072613.0 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20140513160356.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CE9A5BFEDAE011E39FFAC3B9DAD10320 994 $a Z0 $b IODInitiate Another SILO Locator Search