Red Tape from Red Square:
Bureaucratic Commentary
in Soviet Graphic Satirical Art
Marc Holzer, Iryna Illiash, Vatche Gabrielian,
and Lyudmila Kuznetsova
This publication presents Russian satirical posters and newspaper cartoons depicting the evils and unintended consequences of bureaucracy. The book is part of a rediscovery of a larger body of creative resources, such as novels, poetry, cinematography, theater, songs, sculpture, etc., many of which have been analyzed from an administrative perspective. The volume contains 303 full-color graphics accompanied by text and, in many instances, poems, all translated into English. The anti-bureaucratic satire of the Soviet era, often tame but telling — the main focus of the book — is represented by cartoons from newspapers and magazines of the 1920s through mid-1980s, the biggest being Krokodil and Literaturnaya Gazeta, as well as the "Fighting Pencil" posters. To order a copy at cost, click here.

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Taco Brandsen, Marc Holzer; Eds.

This edited volume is an outcome of the 5th Transatlantic Dialouge, held in Washington on June 11-13, 2009. The theme of the 2009 conference, "The Future of Governance," addressed the emergence of new forms of governance that have become key topics in recent public administration research. DOWNLOAD: The Future of Governance (pdf)

and Contemporary Debate
Suzanne J. Piotrowski, Ed.

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