The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 2: Understanding Social and Cultural Complexity, edited by Alena Ledeneva zines Charles Hecker’s “Zero Sum” chronicles

Charles Hecker’s “Zero Sum” chronicles three decades of Western business in post‑Soviet Russia

its service to the Tsar and Empire

куда они прибывали

Robert Hornsby examines this remarkable and surprising period

Они все были русскими

The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 2: Understanding Social and Cultural Complexity, edited by Alena Ledeneva zines Charles Hecker’s “Zero Sum” chronicles"This wonderful collection of short essays, penned by many of the single best experts in their fields, puts the reader squarely in the kinds of conversations culled only after years of friendship, trust, and with the keen eye of the practiced observer. Perhaps most importantly, the remarkably wide range of offerings lets us 'de parochialise' corruption, and detach it from the usual hyper local and cultural explanations" Bruce Grant, Professor at New