05044nam 2200661Ia 450 991079147280332120230725015524.00-88132-514-7(CKB)2560000000015075(EBL)3385520(SSID)ssj0000427532(PQKBManifestationID)12148574(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000427532(PQKBWorkID)10405470(PQKB)11712525(MiAaPQ)EBC3385520(Au-PeEL)EBL3385520(CaPaEBR)ebr10396005(OCoLC)923327729(EXLCZ)99256000000001507520100402d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrRussia after the global economic crisis[electronic resource] /Anders Åslund, Sergei Guriev, and Andrew Kuchins, editorsWashington, D.C. Peterson Institute for International Economics and Center for Strategic and International Studiesc20101 online resource (305 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-88132-497-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Foreword""; ""Map""; ""Introduction""; ""The Arguments""; ""The Russia Balance Sheet""; ""Ch 1: Challenges Facing the Russian Economy after the Crisis ""; ""Before the Crisis""; ""The Crisis""; ""Russia After the Crisis: The Challenges""; ""Strategic Priorities for Russia""; ""What Next?""; ""Ch 2: Russian Politics in a Time of Economic Turmoil ""; ""Economic Crisis and Recovery""; ""Consequences of Economics for Politics""; ""Presidential Popularity and Political Constraints""; ""Politics in the Financial Crisis""; ""Conclusion""""Ch 3: Federalism in Russia """"Principles of Federalism""; ""Yeltsin's Decentralization in the 1990's""; ""Reforming State-Corroding Federalism: Lessons from Other Developing Countries ""; ""Putin's Centralization: Follow Mexico or China?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Ch 4: Corruption and Rule of Law ""; ""Context""; ""The Putin Report Card: Corruption""; ""Legal Institutions""; ""The Power of Friends in High Places""; ""Caveats and Observations""; ""President Medvedev's Turn""; ""Implications ""; ""Ch 5: Role of High-Technology Industries """"Russia's Heritage in High-Technology Industries"" ""Current Role of High-Technology Industries""; ""Future Role of High-Technology Industries""; ""Conclusion""; ""Ch 6: Climate Change and Role of Energy Efficiency ""; ""Russia and Climate Change""; ""Russia's Role in International Climate Policy""; ""Climate Policy at Home""; ""Politics of Climate Change Policy""; ""Energy Efficiency and the Economic Benefits of an Affirmative Climate Policy ""; ""An Opportunity for US-Russia Engagement""; ""Ch 7: Gazprom: Challenged Giant in Need of Reform ""; ""Gazprom's Traditional Strategy""""Challenges Hit Gazprom"" ""Gazprom's Response to the Crisis""; ""An Alternative Russian Gas Policy""; ""Ch 8: Military Reform against Heavy Odds ""; ""Origins and Design of the Military Reform""; ""The Thinking behind the Military Reform""; ""A Team of Reluctant and Accidental Reformers""; ""Reform of the Army Is Radical but not Radical Enough""; ""The Overexploited Navy and the Undertrained Air Force""; ""Financial Matters and the Dysfunctional Military-Industrial Complex ""; ""Conclusion: Profound Change but Limited Success""""Ch 9: Russian Foreign Policy: Modernization or Marginalization? """"Still Searching for a Global Role""; ""Project CIS on Life Support""; ""Russia's Great Power Pretensions Need a Reality Check""; ""Sketching Russias Way Forward""; ""Ch 10: Foreign Economic Policy at a Crossroads ""; ""Gains from WTO Accession to Russia""; ""Russia's Commitments to Foreign Exporters and Investors""; ""Are WTO Accession Demands on Russia Excessive?""; ""Remaining Issues in WTO Accession""; ""Acceding as a Customs Union: What Does It Mean for Russiaâ€?s Trade Policy?""; ""The Jackson-Vanik Amendment""""Foreign Direct Investment""Financial crisesRussia (Federation)CorruptionRussia (Federation)Russia (Federation)Economic conditions21st centuryRussia (Federation)Economic policy21st centuryRussia (Federation)Foreign economic relationsFinancial crisesCorruption330.947Åslund Anders1952-556434Guriev S. M1495190Kuchins Andrew1190829Peterson Institute for International Economics.Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791472803321Russia after the global economic crisis3719200UNINA