Russian Economy - A Very Short Introduction

For many, Russia's political influence far exceeds its weight in the global economy. Richard Connolly demonstrates that in fact Russia's economy affords it global power, and explores how its socialist past has shaped its economic system into a unique blend of state and market.

List of contents

• Acknowledgments


• List of illustrations


• 1: Factors shaping Russian economic development


• 2: The Soviet planned economy


• 3: The creation of a market


• 4: The reassertion of the state


• 5: From modernisation to isolation


• 6: Russia in the global economy


• 7: Whither the Russian economy?


• References


• Further reading


• Index

About the author

Dr Richard Connolly is Director of the Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies (CREES) at the University of Birmingham. He is a specialist on the political economy of Russia and has published widely on Russia's energy and defence industries, Russia's role in the global economy, and on how sanctions affected Russia. His most recent book is Russia's Response to Sanctions, published by Cambridge University Press in 2018. He has advised a wide range of governments and private-sector organisations.

Summary

For many, Russia's political influence far exceeds its weight in the global economy. Richard Connolly demonstrates that in fact Russia's economy affords it global power, and explores how its socialist past has shaped its economic system into a unique blend of state and market.

Additional text

Presents an overview of the Russian economy over the last 500 years, chronicling its developments and characteristics from the first emergence of the Russian empire to the twenty-first-century regime of Vladimir Putin.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Connolly, Richard (University of Birmingham) Connolly, Connolly Richard
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.07.2020
• EAN: 9780198848905
• ISBN: 978-0-19-884890-5
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Very Short Introductions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Russia, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic Conditions, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, Economic history, International Economics, The Cold War, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General