| Russia's Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed Contributor(s): Åslund, Anders (Author) |
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ISBN: 0881324094 ISBN-13: 9780881324099 Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economic OUR PRICE: $26.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: Focusing on the transformation from Soviet Russia to Russia as a market economy, this work explores why the country has failed to transform into a democracy. Examining the period from 1985 to today, Aslund provides a broad overview of Russias economic change, highlighting the most important issues and their subsequent resolutions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic Conditions |
| Dewey: 330.947 |
| LCCN: 2007034725 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.07" W x 8.43" (1.24 lbs) 356 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Russian revolution, collapse of the Soviet Union, and Russia's ensuing transformation belong to the greatest dramas of our time. Revolutions are usually messy and emotional affairs, challenging much of the conventional wisdom, and Russia's experience is no exception. This book focuses on the transformation from Soviet Russia to Russia as a market economy, and explores why the country has failed to transform into a democracy. It examines the period from 1985, when Mikhail Gorbachev became the Soviet Union's Secretary General of the Communist Party, to the present Russia of Vladimir Putin. slund provides a broad overview of Russia's economic change, highlighting the most important issues and their subsequent resolutions, including Russia's inability to sort out the ruble zone during its revolution, several failed coups, and the financial crash of August 1998. |
