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Alena Ledeneva, "Russian Pendulum: Paradoxes, Practices and Patterns" (UCL Press, 2026)
Alena Ledeneva is Professor of Politics and Society at the
University College London and a founder of the Global Informality
Project. Her research focuses on informal practices, and she has written
several Russia-focused books, including Russia’s Economy of Favours, How Russia Really Works and Can Russia Modernise. The Global Informality has also published 3 volumes of its Global Encyclopaedia of Informality. Alena is here today to talk about her new book Russian Pendulum: Paradoxes, Practices and Patterns (UCL Press, 2026), which has been shortlisted for the 2026 Pushkin House Book Prize.
Adam Quinn is a Glasgow-based researcher whose work focuses on
activism, social movements and state-society relations in the
Post-Soviet space.
Alena’s new book: art, music, text in a new UCL Press book in open access:
Plus, a nice mention in the BBC sounds for dark: here
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By New Books NetworkAlena Ledeneva is Professor of Politics and Society at the
University College London and a founder of the Global Informality
Project. Her research focuses on informal practices, and she has written
several Russia-focused books, including Russia’s Economy of Favours, How Russia Really Works and Can Russia Modernise. The Global Informality has also published 3 volumes of its Global Encyclopaedia of Informality. Alena is here today to talk about her new book Russian Pendulum: Paradoxes, Practices and Patterns (UCL Press, 2026), which has been shortlisted for the 2026 Pushkin House Book Prize.
Adam Quinn is a Glasgow-based researcher whose work focuses on
activism, social movements and state-society relations in the
Post-Soviet space.
Alena’s new book: art, music, text in a new UCL Press book in open access:
Plus, a nice mention in the BBC sounds for dark: here
Enjoy the podcast!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices