Table of Contents:
  • Postcommunist crony capitalism : its nature and origins
  • Fragmented cronyism : the case of Nizhnii Novgorod
  • Centralized cronyism : the case of Tatarstan
  • Regional lessons of electoral competition
  • Corruption and democracy under Yeltsin and Putin
  • Postcommunist cronyism and the choice between authoritarianism and democracy.