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Autore |
Gaĭdar E. T (Egor Timurovich) |
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Titolo |
Collapse of an empire [[electronic resource] ] : lessons for modern Russia / / Yegor Gaidar ; translated by Antonina W. Bouis |
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Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-99221-3 |
0-8157-3115-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (354 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Authoritarianism - Russia (Federation) |
Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991- |
Soviet Union Politics and government 1985-1991 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-314) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The grandeur and the fall of empires -- Modern economic growth and the era of empires -- Crisis and the dismantling of overseas empires -- Problems of dissolving territorially integrated empires -- The yugoslav tragedy -- Authoritarian regimes: the causes of instability -- Challenges in the early stages of modern economic growth and authoritarianism -- The instability of authoritarian regimes -- Mechanics of the collapse of authoritarianism -- The oil curse -- The Spanish prologue -- Resource wealth and economic development -- Specifics of the oil market -- Regulating the oil market in the twentieth century -- Challenges related to price fluctuations of commodities: Mexico and Venezuela -- In search of a way out: a response to the dangers of unstable commodity pricing -- Cracks in the foundation: the Soviet Union in the early 1980s -- Growing problems and bad decisions -- Food supply problems -- Food shortages-a strategic challenge -- The USSR as the largest importer of food -- Oil in Western Siberia: the illusion of salvation -- A drop in oil prices: the final blow -- The collapse of the USSR: the unexpected becomes the rule -- The political economy of external shocks -- Deteriorating conditions for foreign trade: political alternatives -- The ussr and the drop in oil prices: the essence of the choice -- A series of mistakes -- Mounting problems in the soviet economy -- The hard currency crisis -- |
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