| Soviet Railways to Russian Railways 2002 Edition Contributor(s): Westwood, J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333674170 ISBN-13: 9780333674178 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Railroads - General - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 385.094 |
| LCCN: 2001036887 |
| Series: Studies in Russian and East European History and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.58" W x 8.78" (1.16 lbs) 255 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the postsoviet decade Russian railways remained highly centralised, evaded the upheavals of mass privatisation, and remained the backbone of a demoralised economy. Preserving much of Soviet practice, the Railways Ministry mounted a skilled rearguard action that achieved a gradual and considered adaptation to the market economy rather than the pell-mell, western-orientated, liberalisation that afflicted other branches of the economy. This book describes that rearguard action, and goes on to show how railway managers are coping with the new conditions. |