'Informal' Institutions and Practices: Objects to Explore and Methods to Use for Comparative Research.

Focuses on the integration of informal institutions and practices into the general political process. Difference between formal and informal institutions; Indications of an inclusive institution; Information on institutions that are related to the electoral way of elite recruitment in Russia; Ways to identify an institution that is not described and empowered by an official text; Problems of interaction between different institutions and practices.