Reviews for Science And Power In Colonial Mauritius

The average rating for Science And Power In Colonial Mauritius based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-02-09 00:00:00 Ck Hughes Had a lot of, honestly, very interesting info. But it was also incredibly, incredibly dense, especially for someone who has little background in Russian history/politics/economics beyond the broad strokes.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-01-06 00:00:00 Adam Black Following up her previous study of Soviet Russia's underground economy of favors, Ledeneva tracks the disconcerting speed with which the system of "blat" transformed through cash into a vast network of "piar" (PR--good, incriminating and flat-out blackmail via "kompromat"), fraudulent accounting practices, personal links of influence (krugovaia poruka), tabloid newspapers, melodramatic lawyers and legions of undermeployed ex-KGB agents for hire.