Russia : a long view / / Yegor Gaidar ; translated by Antonina W. Bouis

• Autore: Gaĭdar E. T (Egor Timurovich)
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass. : , : MIT Press, , [2012]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (563 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.947
• Soggetto topico: Economic history
• Soggetto geografico: Russia (Federation) Economic conditions
• Soggetto non controllato: ECONOMICS/Economic History; ECONOMICS/International Economics
• Altri autori: BouisAntonina W
• Note generali: Translated from the Russian.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: An important Russian economist and politician takes a long view of economic history and Russia's development.
• Titolo autorizzato: Russia
• ISBN: 0-262-30438-4; 1-283-69197-3; 0-262-30530-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786378203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II