03244nam 22006014a 450 991079226770332120200520144314.00-19-029371-30-19-534581-91-280-84617-81-4294-0299-7(CKB)2560000000293982(EBL)271252(OCoLC)71801521(SSID)ssj0000130283(PQKBManifestationID)11135558(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000130283(PQKBWorkID)10082591(PQKB)10985458(StDuBDS)EDZ0000023130(Au-PeEL)EBL271252(CaPaEBR)ebr10160514(CaONFJC)MIL84617(MiAaPQ)EBC271252(EXLCZ)99256000000029398220050713d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConversations on Russia[electronic resource] reform from Yeltsin to Putin /Padma DesaiOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (398 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-530061-0 0-19-985075-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Reform maximalists -- Boris Yeltsin : the wrecking ball -- Anatoly Chubais : the "neo-bolshevik" privatizer -- Yegor Gaidar : the shock therapist -- Boris Nemtsov : the political activist -- Mikhail Kasyanov : the pro-market prime minister -- Strobe Talbott : Bill Clinton's "Russia hand" -- Reform gradualists -- Grigory Yavlinsky : the permanent oppositionist -- Sergei Rogov : in search of checks and balances at home and abroad -- Nodari Simonia : the pro-Putin vote -- George Soros : the active philanthropist -- Five policy perspectives -- Sergei Dubinin : monopoly sector reform in progress -- Oleg Vyugin : monetary policy in action -- Boris Jordan : media man and investor -- Anatoly Vishnevsky : demographic dilemmas -- Jack Matlock, Jr. : the road ahead -- The role of history -- Martin Malia : history lessons -- Richard Pipes : the past in the present.Much of the discussion of Russia's recent post-Communist history has amounted, both in Russia and the West, to a series of monologues by strong-minded people with starkly divergent views. In contrast, Padma Desai's conversations with influential, intelligent participants and observers providethe reader with a broad, nuanced view of what has and has not happened in the last fourteen years, and why. Conversations from Russia will thus serve as a much-needed reference volume, both for academics who study Russia and for laypeople who only have vague perceptions of what has occurred inRussia sincePrivatizationRussia (Federation)Russia (Federation)Economic policy1991-Soviet UnionEconomic policy1986-1991Privatization338.947/009/049Desai Padma119417MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792267703321Conversations on Russia3671174UNINA