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"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"--
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Politics and government, Political culture, Friends and associates, Social networks, Power (Social sciences), Social change, Political and social views, Putin, vladimir vladimirovich, 1952-, Social networks, russia (federation), Russia (federation), politics and government, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International, Political aspectsShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Can Russia Modernise?: Sistema, Power Networks and Informal Governance
Apr 08, 2013, Cambridge University Press
0521125634 9780521125635
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