Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Preface; Acronyms and abbreviations; Note on translation and transliteration; Introduction; Raiding Russia; Contextualizing raiding; The structure; 1 Corruption, coercion, and control; 1.1 Theoretical explanation of raiding in a transition economy; Regime sustainability and raiding; Defining raiding and its place; 1.2 Alienation-appropriation: the inverted character of raiding; Appropriation and raiding; Nature, causes, and basis of raiding; 1.3 Concluding remarks; 2 State and raider and state-raider
2.1 State and raiderOptimization of the state; Economically active bureaucracy; 2.2 State-raider; Aggressive state; Noneconomic factors of influence; 2.3 Concluding remarks; 3 Raiding in transition; 3.1 Problem of raiding in the transition economy; Ways of hostile takeovers; Objects of raiding: risks and victims; 3.2 Magnitude of raiding; Scale of raiding; Discussion and condemnation of raiding; 3.3 Concluding remarks; 4 Corruption and raiding; 4.1 Links between corruption and raiding; Ties between corruption and raiding; Nepotism and inheritance as a basis of raiding
4.2 Bureaucracy, corruption, raiding, and struggle against itRussian bureaucracy and corruption; Imitating an anti-corruption campaign; 4.3 Concluding remarks; Conclusion; Index
