Russia as a Network State

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Vadim Kononenko

   Pages 1-18

3. The Formation of Russia’s Network Directorate

   • Olga Kryshtanovskaya, Stephen White

   Pages 19-38

4. Can Medvedev Change Sistema? Informal Networks and Public Administration in Russia

   • Alena Ledeneva

   Pages 39-61

5. Crooked Hierarchy and Reshuffled Networks: Reforming Russia’s Dysfunctional Military Machine

   • Pavel Baev

   Pages 62-80

6. Who is Running Russia’s Regions?

   • Nikolay Petrov

   Pages 81-112

7. Networks, Cronies and Business Plans: Business–State Relations in Russia

   • Philip Hanson

   Pages 113-138

8. The Russian Network State as a Great Power

   • Stefanie Ortmann

   Pages 139-163

9. Conclusions

   • Vadim Kononenko

   Pages 164-171

10. Back Matter

    Pages 172-190

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Discusses the ambiguous nature of the state in Russia, focusing on elite networks and their role in policy processes. This book examines the paradoxical dualism of state institutions and ruling networks, providing answers as to why some decisions are not implemented, and why the state exists despite the systemic inefficiency of its institutions.

• Institution
• Policy
• public administration
• russian and post-soviet politics
• us politics

• Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Helsinki, Finland

  Vadim Kononenko, Arkady Moshes

STEPHEN WHITE is Professor of International Politics and Senior Research Associate of the School of Central and East European Studies, University of Glasgow, UK OLGA KRYSHTANOVSKAYA is Director of the Institute for Applied Political Science and the Head of the Department for the Study of Hierarchical Elites, Sociology Institute at the Russian Academy of Sciences. ALENA LEDENEVA is Reader in Russian Politics and Society at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, UK NIKOLAY PETROV is Scholar-in-Residence at Carnegie Moscow Centre, Russia PHILIP HANSON is a consultant on the Russian and Baltic economies for the Economist Intelligence Unit and Oxford Analytica, and an Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs Russia and Eurasia Programme. PAVEL BAEV is Senior Researcher in the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), Norway STEFANIE ORTMANN is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sussex, UK VADIM KONONENKO is Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland ARKADY MOSHES is Programme Director of the Russia in the Regional and Global Context Programme of the FIIA, Finland