The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality

The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality is edited by Alena Ledeneva, Professor of Politics and Sociology at UCL's School of Slavonic and East European Studies.

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Welcome to the Twitter account of the Global Encyclopaedia of Informality @GEofInformality! Edited by Prof. Alena Ledeneva @LedenevaAlena and available now from @UCLpress. See https://t.co/DnjTu7DD1V for details and find out more at https://t.co/jntJooLQFh.

[Alessandro Lanteri @alelanter1]

This incredibly rich, fascinating, and free(!) two-volume "Global Encyclopaedia of Informality" (edited by Alena Ledeneva) explores informal customs and institutions around the world, from wasta in the Middle East to caffe' sospeso in Naples. Thank you…https://t.co/dYc0g01fEp

[Transparency International @anticorruption]

COMING SOON: #Corruption Perceptions Index 2017, ranking 180 countries & territories. Stay tuned for more info!

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Great examples of informality in practice. For more on see the Global Encyclopaedia of Informality and follow @GEofInformality! Available to download. See https://t.co/DnjTu7DD1V for details. https://t.co/FQSa5MPtfe

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

In France, a bribe is a “pot of wine.” It’s “something for a soft drink” in Portugal, “a cup of coffee” in Syria, “tea money” in China. https://t.co/VloNQj80XU

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#Roentgenizdat (🇷🇺) The unofficial practice of cheaply reproducing and disseminating discarded and reprogrammed X-ray photographs as music records in ☭ #USSR. See https://t.co/lReZ3gCtAR and @GEofInformality Vol.1 at https://t.co/DnjTu7DD1V.

[Julietta Pakatsoshvili @JPakatsoJr]

The Global #Encyclopaedia of #Informality. Check out #Georgia 😀
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#Pantouflage (🇫🇷) The practice of leaving a civil service position to obtain
work in the private sector in #France. See https://t.co/FdIYGNEL9C and @GEofInformality Volume 2 - available at https://t.co/ZQ51kOkdY6.

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@GEofInformality editor Prof. @LedenevaAlena recently awarded an honorary doctorate from @IliaStateUni in Tbilisi, Georgia, where she delivered a lecture https://t.co/TDYZu1FTj7 on the Global Informality Project https://t.co/Q0nnHQkpuf

[UCL Press @UCLpress]

Delighted to see the newly published "wholly mesmerizing" @GEofInformality make it into @phillymag's Philly Biz Leaders’ Must-Read Books of 2018! https://t.co/u0ellCuDRf @ChicagoDistrib

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Blat 🇷🇺 (coll.) To use personal contacts/connections/exchanging favours to get things done. See https://t.co/Tq64SLO3WB & https://t.co/DnjTu7DD1V.