The Political Economy of Russian Oil

In this thoughtful analysis, a group of international specialists explores the political and economic issues and controversies surrounding the oil industry's move to capitalism. The authors examine the spread of crime and corruption, the role of Russian and Western financial institutions, regional tensions, and the international dimension.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 2 Part I: The Evolution of the Post-Soviet Oil Industry
Chapter 3 Structure and Ownership
Chapter 4 Banks and the Financial Sector
Chapter 5 The Oil Elite: Background and Outlook
Chapter 6 Corruption and Crime in the Russian Oil Industry
Part 7 Part II: Russian Oil and the Regions
Chapter 8 Tiumen, Decentralization and Center-Periphery Tension
Chapter 9 Federalization and the West Siberian Oil and Gas Province
Part 10 Part III: International and Foreign Policy Implications
Chapter 11 Oil, Politics, and Foreign Policy
Chapter 12 Russian Interference in the Caspian Sea Region: Dplomacy Adrift

About the author

David Lane is reader in sociology and fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.

Product details

• Assisted by: David Lane (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.11.1999
• EAN: 9780847695096
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9509-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 313 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Russia, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Petroleum, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy, Political ideologies and movements, Petroleum & oil industries, Petroleum, oil and gas industries, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet