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Why informality is a systemic trait of Russian society?

The review article by professor Leonid Kosals (HSE) and Anastasia Maksimova (LCSR Research Fellow) titled "Informality, crime and corruption in Russia: A review of recent literature" was published in "Theoretical Criminology".

The review article by professor Leonid Kosals (HSE) and Anastasia Maksimova (LCSR Research Fellow) titled "Informality, crime and corruption in Russia: A review of recent literature" was published in "Theoretical Criminology".

* "Theoretical Criminology" is a major interdisciplinary, international, peer reviewed journal for the advancement of the theoretical aspects of criminological knowledge.

The authors have discussed four publications to show how informality is embedded in current Russian society. The article argues that informality appears to be a systemic trait of Russian society because it intrudes into all major social institutions and shapes the economy, politics, legal system and people’s daily life. As a result a peculiar mismatch emerges between formal norms and laws and the actual operation of institutions. To understand what is going on in Russia and other states in the former Soviet Union knowledge of this “dual reality” is necessary; it is not enough to know just the visible institutions but also their informal functioning. The publications reviewed provide a deep and wide understanding of the issue of informality in Russia. 

 

You can find the review article via the link below:

tcr.sagepub.com/content