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How Russia Really Works: The Informal Practices That Shaped Post-Soviet Politics and Business. By Alena V. Ledeneva. Culture and Society after Socialism. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2006. xii, 270 pp. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. Figures. Tables. $59.95, hard bound. $22.95, paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2017

Peter H. Solomon Jr.
Peter H. Solomon Jr.*
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University of Toronto, Canada
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Slavic Review , Volume 67 , Issue 1 , Spring 2008 , pp. 185 - 188
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