Alena Ledeneva

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Alena Ledeneva is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alena Ledeneva has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Alena Ledeneva's work include Corruption and Economic Development (15 papers), Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (7 papers) and Social Capital and Networks (6 papers). Alena Ledeneva is often cited by papers focused on Corruption and Economic Development (15 papers), Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (7 papers) and Social Capital and Networks (6 papers). Alena Ledeneva collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Alena Ledeneva's co-authors include Sven Horak, Maral Muratbekova‐Touron, Stephen Lovell, Dana Minbaeva, Adnan Efendić, Yanjie Bian, Carl F. Fey, Stanislav Shekshnia, Fida Afiouni and Elena Denisova–Schmidt and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Academy of Management Review and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Alena Ledeneva

44 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Russia's Economy of Favours: Blat, Networking and Informal Exchange

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John Lie United States

Doug Guthrie United States

Jonathan Perraton United Kingdom

Paul Teske United States

Barbara Vis Netherlands

Will Hutton United Kingdom

Diane Perrons United Kingdom

Chris Turner United Kingdom

Mayfair Mei‐hui Yang United States

Val Burris United States

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All Works

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Minbaeva, Dana, Alena Ledeneva, Maral Muratbekova‐Touron, & Sven Horak. (2024). Explaining the Persistence of Informal Institutions: The Role of Informal Networks. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Ledeneva, Alena, et al.. (2018). THE VISIBILITY OF THE PROBLEM OF DEVELOPING A PROFESSIONAL CAREER OF A TEACHER. Vestnik Orenburgskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. 215(3). 28–33. 1 indexed citations

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Ledeneva, Alena. (2017). How Russia Really Works. Cornell University Press eBooks. 14 indexed citations

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Ledeneva, Alena, et al.. (2017). Innovations in corruption studies. 2 indexed citations

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Ledeneva, Alena. (2017). Where Does Informality Stop and Corruption Begin? Informal Governance and the Public/Private Crossover in Mexico, Russia and Tanzania. The Slavonic and East European Review. 95(1). 49–75. 12 indexed citations

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Shekshnia, Stanislav, Alena Ledeneva, & Elena Denisova–Schmidt. (2017). Managing Business Corruption: Targeting Non-Compliant Practices in Systemically Corrupt Environments. The Slavonic and East European Review. 95(1). 151–151. 12 indexed citations

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Ledeneva, Alena, et al.. (2017). Where Does Informality Stop and Corruption Begin? Informal Governance and the Public/Private Crossover in Mexico, Russia and Tanzania. The Slavonic and East European Review. 95(1). 49–49. 31 indexed citations

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Shekshnia, Stanislav, Alena Ledeneva, & Elena Denisova–Schmidt. (2014). How to Mitigate Corruption in Emerging Markets: The Case of Russia. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations

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Ledeneva, Alena, et al.. (2011). Corruption and the Rule of Law. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 92. 5 indexed citations

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Ledeneva, Alena. (2008). Political Culture and Post-Communism by Stephen Whitefield (review). The Slavonic and East European Review. 86(4). 762–764. 1 indexed citations

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Ledeneva, Alena. (2008). BlatandGuanxi: Informal Practices in Russia and China. Comparative Studies in Society and History. 50(1). 118–144. 144 indexed citations

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Ledeneva, Alena. (2008). Telephone Justice in Russia. Post-Soviet Affairs. 24(4). 324–350. 58 indexed citations

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Ledeneva, Alena. (2002). ‘Underground’ Banking in Russia. Journal of Money Laundering Control. 5(4). 268–278. 2 indexed citations

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Ledeneva, Alena. (2001). Unwritten rules How Russia really works. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 24 indexed citations

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Ledeneva, Alena, et al.. (2000). Economic crime in Russia. UCL Discovery (University College London). 30 indexed citations

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Ledeneva, Alena. (1997). Personal connections and informal networks: transformation of blat in Russia. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Ledeneva, Alena. (1997). Practices of Exchange and Networking in Russia. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 4 indexed citations

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Ledeneva, Alena. (1997). The informal sphere and blat: civil society or Post-Soviet corporatism. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

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Ledeneva, Alena. (1996). Between Gift and Commodity: the Phenomenon of Blat. UCL Discovery (University College London). 7 indexed citations

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Ledeneva, Alena. (1994). Language as an Instrument of Power in the Works of Pierre Bourdieu. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 3 indexed citations

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