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UNINA9910786378203321 |
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Autore |
Gaĭdar E. T (Egor Timurovich) |
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Titolo |
Russia : a long view / / Yegor Gaidar ; translated by Antonina W. Bouis |
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Cambridge, Mass. : , : MIT Press, , [2012] |
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0-262-30438-4 |
1-283-69197-3 |
0-262-30530-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (563 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economic history |
Russia (Federation) Economic conditions |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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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Translated from the Russian. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Modern economic growth -- Modern economic growth -- Economic determinism and the twentieth-century experience -- The general and the particular in modern economic growth -- Agrarian societies and capitalism -- Traditional agrarian society -- A different path -- The phenomenon of antiquity -- Capitalism and the rise of Europe -- The trajectory of Russia's development -- Particular features of Russia's economic development -- The collapse of an empire -- Major issues of the postindustrial world -- The post-socialist crisis and recovery growth -- The dynamics of population and international migration -- The state burden on the economy -- The formation and crisis of systems of social safeguards -- The evolution of education and healthcare systems -- The transformation of the system for manning the armed forces -- On the stability and flexibility of political systems -- Epilogue -- Bibliographical references -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An important Russian economist and politician takes a long view of economic history and Russia's development. |
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