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Cambridge University Press Modernization Cultural Change and Democracy
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Cambridge University Press The Market for Force
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Cambridge University Press Beyond the Miracle of the Market
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Cambridge University Press Syndromes of Corruption
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Cambridge University Press Hong Kong Under Chinese Rule
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Cambridge University Press Russias Economy of Favours Blat Networking and Informal Exchange 102 Cambridge Russian Soviet and PostSoviet Studies Series Number 102
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Cambridge University Press Politicians and Poachers
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Cambridge University Press Russias Economy of Favours Blat Networking and Informal Exchange Cambridge Russian Soviet and PostSoviet Studies Series Number 102
Book SynopsisThe word blat refers to the system of informal contacts and personal networks which was used to obtain goods and services under the rationing which characterised Soviet Russia. Alena Ledeneva's book is the first to analyse blat in all its historical, socio-economic and cultural aspects, and to explore its implications for post-Soviet society. In a socialist distribution system which resulted in constant shortages, blat developed into an 'economy of favours' which shadowed an overcontrolling centre and represented the reaction of ordinary people to the social constraints they faced. In social and economic terms, blat exchanges became vital to the population, and to the functioning of the Soviet system. The book shows that the nature of the economic and political changes in contemporary Russia cannot be properly understood without attention to the powerful legacy of the blat economy.Trade Review'Russia's Economy of Favours provides fascinating insights into an important and neglected aspect of Soviet/Russian society. Anthropologists, sociologists, and historians will all benefit from this vivid and informed study, based on interview data from the early 1990s, of Russian networking practices. This work by a young Russian scholar is a fine example of an emerging post-Soviet Russian scholarship that combines theoretical sophistication with a solid empirical base and a native 'feel' for the situation.' Sheila Fitzpatrick, University of Chicago'In a most felicitous fashion this book weds analytical sophistication to the initimate, inside knowledge and 'feel' of Russian realities. Whether a seasoned expert in Russian history and culture or just a person interested in unfamiliar yet fascinating ways of life, the reader will be richly rewarded by a much deeper understanding of how Soviet and post-Soviet society, worked and goes on working, and what the experience of living in that society feels like.' Zygmunt Bauman, University of LeedsTable of ContentsList of cartoons; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Blat: the unknown phenomenon; 2. Understanding blat; 3. The Soviet order: a view from within; 4. The use of personal networks; 5.Blat as a form of exchange: between gift and commodity; 6. Networking in the post-Soviet period; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Shrinking the State
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Cambridge University Press Europe East Asia and APEC A Shared Global Agenda 1 Global Economic Institutions Series Number 1
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Cambridge University Press Shrinking the State The Political Underpinnings of Privatization
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Cambridge University Press Building Social Capital in Thailand
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Cambridge University Press China and Historical Capitalism
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Cambridge University Press Justice Political Liberalism and Utilitarianism
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Cambridge University Press Contested Economic Institutions The Politics of Macroeconomics and Wage Bargaining in Advanced Democracies Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
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Cambridge University Press Rules and Reason
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Cambridge University Press Growth Inequality and Globalization Theory History and Policy Raffaele Mattioli Lectures
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Cambridge University Press Governing from Below Urban Regions and the Global Economy Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
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Cambridge University Press Governing from Below
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Cambridge University Press Growth Inequality and Globalization
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Cambridge University Press Rules and Reason
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Cambridge University Press Reconstructing the State
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Cambridge University Press Demographic Change and Fiscal Policy
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Cambridge University Press Industrializing English Law
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Cambridge University Press Politicians and Poachers
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Cambridge University Press China in the World Market Chinese Industry and International Sources of Reform in the PostMao Era
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Cambridge University Press Greening the Firm
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Cambridge University Press Regional Economic Voting
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Cambridge University Press How to Spend 50 Billion to Make the World a
Book SynopsisEdited by Bjørn Lomborg, this abridged version of the highly acclaimed Global Crises, Global Solutions discusses the ten most serious challenges facing the world today: climate change, communicable diseases, conflicts and arms proliferation, education, financial instability, governance and corruption, malnutrition, migration, sanitation and clean water, and subsidies and trade barriers.Trade Review'… it is refreshing to read a book that is about a concrete action rather than simply talking.' New Statesman'… makes for good reading on subjects that I encourage all my students to reflect on.' The Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsIntroduction: what should we do first? Bjorn Lomborg; 1. Meeting the challenge of global warming William R. Cline; Opponents' views Robert Mendelsohn and Alan S. Manne; 2. Communicable diseases Anne Mills and Sam Shillcutt; Opponents' views David B. Evans and Jacques van der Gaag; 3. The challenge of reducing the global incidence of civil war Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler; Opponents' views Michael D. Intriligator and Tony Addison; 4. Towards a new consensus for addressing the global challenge of the lack of education Lant Pritchett; Opponents' views T. Paul Schultz and Ludger Wößmann; 5. The challenge of poor governance and corruption Susan Rose-Ackerman; Opponent's views Jens Christopher Andvig and Jean Cartier-Bresson; 6. Hunger and malnutrition Jere R. Behrman, Harold Alderman and John Hoddinott; Opponent's views Peter Svedberg and Simon Appleton; 7. Population and migration Philip Martin; Opponent's views Mark Rosenzweig and Roger Böhning; 8. The water challenge Frank Rijsberman; Opponent's views John J. Boland and Henry Vaux, Jr.; 9. Subsidies and trade barriers Kym Anderson; Opponent's views Jan Pronk and Arvind Panagariya.
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Cambridge University Press Politics after Neoliberalism
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Cambridge University Press Taxes Spending and the U.S. Governments March Towards Bankruptcy
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Cambridge University Press Australias Money Mandarins The Reserve Bank and the Politics of Money
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Cambridge University Press Automobile Politics
Book SynopsisMatthew Paterson identifies the political forces that have led to the dominant role of the car in contemporary society and argues that projects to reduce the environmental impacts of cars need to deal with these forces in order to achieve their goals.Trade Review'Quite simply the definitive book on car culture and global environmental politics. Paterson convincingly explains the rise of automobility, its umbilical link to the ecological and socio-economic unsustainability of capitalist accumulation as well as outlining the powerful cultural and ideological dynamics that 'naturalise' and 'normalise' the car; while also offering strategies of resistance to the car and alternative mobility futures for car-addicted societies. Comprehensive, authoritative, scholarly and eloquently written, Paterson has set the gold standard by which other contributions to this field must be judged.' John Barry, Reader in Politics, School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast'Matthew Paterson brings together political and cultural theories to develop an intricate environmental analysis of the political economy of automobiles. Scholars and students of global ecological change will not want to miss the opportunity to engage with his original and provocative conclusions.' Peter Dauvergne, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Environmental Politics, University of British Columbia'This book is not just about cars. It is about a global economic system and a complex set of cultural practices that have produced the modern, mobile subject. With his characteristic creative flair, Matthew Paterson demonstrates that we need to understand how this peculiarly modern subject emerged before we can move beyond automobility and discover other forms of freedom and motion that revitalise both local communities and ecosystems.' Robyn Eckersley, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Melbourne'Matthew Paterson has done it again, this time with a tour de force on the automobile! As in his previous works on environment and climate change, he navigates with aplomb and clarity the endless and mystifying detours associated with motor cars, those who drive them, and the societies built around them. Paterson's navigation of the automobility system should be required reading for those concerned about technology, environment and sustainability as well as in classes on democratic politics, global political economy, and international relations.' Ronnie D. Lipschutz, Professor of Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz'This is a horrifically compelling account of why, despite the obvious need for alternatives, global development centres on the car. … anyone seeking deeper analysis of the car's dominance will not be disappointed.' London CyclistTable of Contents1. Introduction: (auto)mobility, ecology, and global politics; 2. Automobility and its discontents; 3. Don't stop movin': the pro-car backlash; 4. Automobile political economy; 5. The car's cultural politics: producing the (auto)mobile subject; 6. Swampy fever, Mondeo man; 7. Greening automobility?; 8. Conclusions'.
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Cambridge University Press The Architecture of Government Rethinking Political Decentralization Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
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Cambridge University Press The Politics of Official Apologies
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Cambridge University Press Legislative Leviathan Party Government in the House
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Cambridge University Press The Business Environment of Europe
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Cambridge University Press Labor Rights and Multinational Production Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
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Cambridge University Press Rebuilding Leviathan Party Competition and State Exploitation in PostCommunist Democracies Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
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Cambridge University Press The Economic Regulation of Broadcasting Markets Evolving Technology and Challenges for Policy
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Cambridge University Press Crafting Cooperation
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Cambridge University Press National Identity and Globalization Youth State and Society in PostSoviet Eurasia
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Cambridge University Press Global Accountabilities
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Cambridge University Press Social Protection and the Market in Latin America
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Cambridge University Press The Global Diffusion of Markets and Democracy
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Cambridge University Press Left and Right in Global Politics
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Cambridge University Press The PostSoviet Potemkin Village
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Cambridge University Press Business and the State in Africa Economic PolicyMaking in the NeoLiberal Era
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