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The Political Economy of Putin's Russia.

This book constitutes an up-to-date treatment of Russia's economic development and economic policies since 2000, when Vladimir Putin became the President of Russia. After the slow decline and sudden collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia embarked upon a multi-faceted change. This included transit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sutela, Pekka
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & amp; Francis, 2012.
Colección:Routledge frontiers of political economy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; The Political Economy of Putin's Russia; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; Preface; 1. Introduction: burden of the past; 1.1 The Soviet inheritance; 1.2 Russian transition; 1.3 What did V.V. Putin think?; 1.4 The burden of the past and Putin's years; 2. The Putin regime; 2.1 A soft kind of authoritarianism; 2.2 The Gref program and aftermath; 2.3 What kind of economy emerged?; 3. Economic growth; 3.1 How do economies grow?; 3.2 Russia: catching up or innovation; 3.3 The Russian growth pattern, 2000-07; 3.4 Approximating structural change; 4. Energy; 4.1 Not of oil and gas alone.
  • 4.2 Political economy of Eurasian energy4.3 Russian and EU dependence on energy; 4.4 Russia's changing energy geography; 4.5 Oil; 4.6 Gas; 4.7 The priority of energy efficiency; 4.8 A case of resource curse?; 5. Money, banking and monetary policy; 5.1 Soviet money; 5.2 1990s: markets without money?; 5.3 De-dollarization and re-monetization; 5.4 Monetary policy; 5.5 Banking and financial markets; 5.6 From crisis to financial center?; 6. Welfare; 6.1 Measuring production in the 1990s; 6.2 Why do Russians support the Putin regime?; 6.3 Did Russia become a welfare state?
  • 6.4 Income distribution6.5 Happiness; 7. Epilogue: Russia's response to the 2008 crisis; 7.1 Was Russia prepared for the crisis?; 7.2 What was Russia's reaction to the crisis?; 7.3 A look into the future; Bibliography; Index.