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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822365203321

Autore

McCann Leo <1976->

Titolo

Economic development in Tatarstan : global markets and a Russian region / / Leo McCann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : RoutledgeCurzon, c2005

ISBN

1-134-37852-1

1-134-37853-X

1-280-15075-0

0-203-00936-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Collana

RoutledgeCurzon contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series

Disciplina

338.947/45

Soggetti

Tatarstan (Russia) Economic policy

Tatarstan (Russia) Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-201) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of tables and charts; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Globalization, post-Soviet development and a Russian region; 2 Methodology; 3 Informal networks in Tatarstan development; 4 Tatarstan and regionalization; 5 Tatarstan's future development; 6 Conclusion: Tatarstan and globalization; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Based on extensive original research in the Republic  of Tatarstan, in the Central Volga region of Russia, this book examines the economic development path followed by Tatarstan since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Russian financial crash of 1998. It argues that the roles of global capitalism and globalisation are somewhat exaggerated in much contemporary academic literature. In the case of Tatarstan, a strong state role, tightly-knit local elite networks, and the inheritance of the Soviet politic and industrial systems are the most important socio-economic formations in explaining t