The Challenges for Russia's Politicized Economic System

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-138-79662-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 529 g

Reihe: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

During the early 2000s the market liberalization reforms to the Russian economy, begun in the 1990s, were consolidated. But since the mid 2000s economic policy has moved into a new phase, characterized by more state intervention with less efficiency and more structural problems. Corruption, weak competitiveness, heavy dependency on energy exports, an unbalanced labour market, and unequal regional development are trends that have arisen and which, this book argues, will worsen unless the government changes direction. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the current Russian economic system, highlighting especially structural and institutional defects, and areas where political considerations are causing distortions, and puts forward proposals on how the present situation could be remedied.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oxenstierna, Susanne

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Putin's Rent Management System and the Future of Addiction in Russia 3. Between Light and Shadow: Informality in the Russian Labour Market 4. State-Business Relations in Russia after 2011: 'New Deal' or Imitation of Changes? 5. Is Russia an Entrepreneurial Society? A Comparative Perspective 6. The Role of Institutions in the Russian Economy 7. The Impact of Oil Prices, Total Factor Productivity and Institutional Weakness on Russia's Declining Growth 8. From the Dual to the Triple State? 9. The Basis for Institutions Among the Population in Russia 10. Russia's Emerging Civil Society 11. Regional Inequality and Potential for Modernization 12. Promoting Sustainability in Russia's Arctic: Integrating Local, Regional, Federal, and Corporate Interests 13. Russian Regional Resilience: Cooperation and Resource Abundance: A Case Study of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

Über Autor(innen)

Susanne Oxenstierna is a Doctorof Economics andDeputy Research Director at the Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI.