Russia''s Development Problem - The Cult of Power

Informationen zum Autor HANS VAN ZON is a Professor at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. His publications include The Political Economy of Independent Ukraine , The Future of Industry in Central and Eastern Europe , Alternative Scenarios for Central Europe , Central European Industry in the Information Age (with Dillon, Hausner and Kwiecinska), and Social and Economic Change in Eastern Ukraine: The Example of Zaporizhzhya (with Batako and Kreslavska). Klappentext This book explores the operating mechanisms of the Russian economy in a comparative perspective, and offers fascinating insights into how a socio-economic infrastructure has been created which continues to exert an influence on modern-day Russia and limits its development. Zusammenfassung This book explores the operating mechanisms of the Russian economy in a comparative perspective! and offers fascinating insights into how a socio-economic infrastructure has been created which continues to exert an influence on modern-day Russia and limits its development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Divergence in Post-Socialism: The Role of Culture Soviet Russia: Revolution and Continuity Post-Soviet Russia: Captured by the Past? National Character and Economy How Russian Neo-Patrimonialism Works Ukraine and the Russian Type of Neo-Patrimonialism Path Creation: A Comparative Perspective

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Divergence in Post-Socialism: The Role of Culture Soviet Russia: Revolution and Continuity Post-Soviet Russia: Captured by the Past? National Character and Economy How Russian Neo-Patrimonialism Works Ukraine and the Russian Type of Neo-Patrimonialism Path Creation: A Comparative Perspective

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• Authors: Hans Van Zon, H van Zon, H. van Zon, Hans van Zon
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2008
• EAN: 9780230542785
• ISBN: 978-0-230-54278-5
• No. of pages: 191
• Series: Studies in Economic Transition; Studies in Economic Transition
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; B, Economic Policy, Economics, International Economics, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Regional/Spatial Science, Regional and Spatial Economics, regional economics, Management science, Spatial economics, International Political Economy, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Political Economy and Economic Systems, Political Economy/Economic Systems, International Political Economy’, economic development;growth;socialism