The Moral Economy Reconsidered : Russia's Search For Agrarian Capitalism / / by S. Wegren

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910959741403321
• Autore: Wegren Stephen K. <1956->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2005
• ISBN: 9786611360887; 9781281360885; 1281360880; 9780230601130; 0230601138
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2005.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.1/0947
• Soggetti: Europe - Politics and government; Economic history; Political science; Russia - History; Europe, Eastern - History; Soviet Union - History; International economic relations; European Politics; Economic History; Political Science; Russian, Soviet, and East European History; International Political Economy'; Russia (Federation) Rural 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. [215]-263) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Chapter 1 Russia's Agrarian Question in Historical and Contemporary Context; Chapter 2 Why Peasants Adapt: Origins of Behavioral Change Under Yeltsin; Chapter 3 How Peasants Adapt: Large Farms and Farm Managers; Chapter 4 How Peasants Adapt: Rural Households; Chapter 5 Effects of Adaptation and ; Sources of Rural Revival; Chapter 6 Peasants' Moral Economy and Implications for Russia's Agrarian Capitalism; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Sure to be controversial and spur debate, this book presents a powerful analysis of rural change to marketization and globalization. Using Russia as a case study, it examines the how the rural population responded to reform policies during the transition away from communism. Wegren draws upon extensive field work, survey data, interviews, and wide-ranging Russian language source material to investigate adaptive behaviours by different groups of the rural population. The differentiated and nuanced analysis sheds considerable light on debates over whether actors are motivated mainly by rational or moral considerations.