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1 online resource (x, 228 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-221) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Putin's Russia in deep focus -- 1. From Gorbachev to Yeltsin -- Soviet and post-Soviet elites (1986-91) -- Yeltsin's Russia and the world (1992-95) -- 2. From Yeltsin to Putin -- weak state and the oligarchs (1995-96) -- Society shattered -- Yeltsin's second term and the financial crash (1996-99) -- 3. Power and Money: The Economic Foundations -- How the economy changed -- shifting balance of oil power -- Russia and the resource curse -- 4. Power and Money: The State, Oligarchs and Oil -- Enter the men from the KGB (1999-2002) -- state takes charge of oil and gas (2002-07) -- 'energy weapon' -- 5. Power and Money: From Oil Boom to Bust -- oil boom (2002-07) -- world crisis takes its toll (2007-09) -- 6. Power and People: How Russia is Ruled -- war that made Putin -- 'Managed democracy' and its limits -- 7. People and Money: Human Development Dilemmas -- demographic and health crisis -- widening gap between rich and poor -- Social policy under Putin -- 8. People: Parties, Unions and NGOs -- political opposition -- Movements for human rights and the environment, and other NGOs -- What about the workers? -- 9. People: Grassroots Movements -- welfare benefits revolt -- Housing rights action -- array of causes. |
| Summary |
Annotation <div><div><div>Simon Pirani investigates the interaction of power, money and people in Russia during the presidencies of Vladimir Putin and his successor Dmitry Medvedev. Profiling the Putin team, including contingents from the security services and pro-market economic "reformers," Pirani argues that the economic growth it presided over during the oil boom was one-sided. The gap between rich and poor widened. Now the boom is over, inequalities will multiply further. As well as explaining Russia's economic trajectory, the book provides a unique account of the social movements that are working against an increasingly authoritarian government to change Russia for the better. This is the perfect introduction for undergraduates approaching Russia for the first time and those who wish to know how Russia will change during the economic crisis.<br /></div></div></div> |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
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| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Economic development -- Russia (Federation)
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Economic development. |
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Russia (Federation) |
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Russia (Federation) -- Economic conditions -- 1991-
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Economic conditions. |
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1991- |
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Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-
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Politics and government. |
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Geschichte 1992-2009 |
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Since 1991 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pirani, Simon, 1957- Change in Putin's Russia. London ; New York : Pluto Press ; New York : Distributed in the U.S.A. by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 9780745326917 (OCoLC)432407127 |
| ISBN |
9781849643696 electronic book |
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1849643695 electronic book |
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9780745326900 paperback |
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0745326900 paperback |
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9780745326917 hardback |
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0745326919 hardback |
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