Russia's Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed - Softcover

Åslund, Anders

 
9780881324099: Russia's Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0881324094 ISBN 13: 9780881324099
Publisher: Peterson Inst Int Economics, 2007

Synopsis

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. Åslund 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.

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About the Author

Anders Åslund was a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics from 2006 to May 2015. He examined the economic policies of Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, as well as the broader implications of economic transition. Åslund served as an economic adviser to the governments of Russia in 1991-94 and Ukraine in 1994-97.

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Publisher
Peterson Inst Int Economics
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0881324094
ISBN 13 
9780881324099
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
356