Democracy, Civic Culture and Small Business in Russia''s Regions - Social Processes in Comparative Historical Perspective

This book adopts a novel analytical approach to understanding how Russia's stalled democratisation is related to the incomplete liberalisation of the economy. Based on extensive original comparative study of Russia's regions, the book explores the precise channels of interaction that create the mutuality of property rights, entrepreneurship, rule of law, norms of citizenship and liberal democracy. It demonstrates that the extent of democratisation varies across regions, and that this variation is connected to the extent of liberalisation of the economy.

List of contents

1. Small Business Owners and Regional Democracy 2. Small Business and Regional Democracy: Quantitative Analysis 3. Elaborated Process Mapping and Case Selection 4. The Samara Region: a Tale of Two Cities 5. The Smolensk Region: Small Business and the Uses of Adversity 6. The Rostov Region: Limits of Patrimonial Exchange 7. Fathers and Sons: Entrepreneurship and Elite Transformation in the Perm Region 8. Concluding Arguments

About the author

Molly O'Neal, who has had a long career as a United States diplomat and State Department official focusing on the countries of the former Soviet Union, is currently a Visiting Scholar at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, USA

Product details

• Authors: Molly O'Neal, Molly (School of Advanced International S O''neal, O'Neal Molly
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.09.2015
• EAN: 9781138902695
• ISBN: 978-1-138-90269-5
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Small businesses & self-employed, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Small businesses and self-employment, Business mathematics & systems, Regional Geography, Development economics & emerging economies, History and Archaeology, Development economics and emerging economies, Business mathematics and systems, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General