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Can Russia Modernise? - Sistema, Power Networks and Informal Governance (Hardcover, New)
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Can Russia Modernise? - Sistema, Power Networks and Informal Governance (Hardcover, New)
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In this original, bottom-up account of the evolution of
contemporary Russia, Alena Ledeneva seeks to reveal 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 businessmen 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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