Invisible Hands, Russian Experience, and Social Science - Approaches to Understanding Systemic Failure

Informationen zum Autor Stefan Hedlund was appointed Professor of Soviet and East European Studies at Uppsala University in 1990. Over the years since then, he has published extensively on the break-up of the Soviet order, attempted Russian reforms and the importance of historical legacies. Professor Hedlund has been a frequent commentator in the media and has traveled and lectured widely, including two sabbatical semesters at Harvard University, as well as briefer stays at the Kennan Institute and George Washington University, Washington, DC, Stanford University and Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan. His most recent publications include Russian Path Dependence (2005), Russia Since 1980 (Cambridge University Press, with Steven Rosefielde, 2009) and Authoritarian Market Economy (Chinese edition, 2011). Klappentext This book investigates cases in which national and international activities have gone massively wrong! entailing seriously negative consequences. Zusammenfassung This book approaches the causes of systemic failures ranging from promoting Third World development to implementing systemic change in the former Soviet Union and dealing with global financial crises. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. Opportunity and self-interest; 2. Scope and tradition of social science; 3. Markets under central planning; 4. Russia's historical legacy; 5. Markets everywhere; 6. Institutional choice; 7. History matters; 8. Concluding discussion; 9. Implications for social science.

Product details

• Authors: Stefan Hedlund
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2011
• EAN: 9780521768108
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76810-8
• No. of pages: 326
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Russia, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Economic history, International business, International Economics, Political Economy, Politics and government, Economic and financial crises and disasters, Development Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics & Trade