The new Russia : a handbook of economic and political developments / / Ian Jeffries

• Autore: Jeffries Ian
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (656 p.)
• Disciplina: 947/.086
• Soggetto geografico: Russia (Federation) Economic conditions; Russia (Federation) Economic policy; Russia (Federation) Politics and government
• Note generali: "First published 2002"--t.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW; Part I Economic Developments; THE TRANSITION TO THE MARKET: INTRODUCTION; 1 THE TRANSITION FROM COMMAND PLANNING TO THE MARKET; COMMAND PLANNING IN THE SOVIET ERA; FROM PLAN TO MARKET; 2 PRICES; PRICES IN THE SOVIET ERA; PRICE LIBERALIZATION IN RUSSIA; 3 FOREIGN TRADE; THE SOVIET ERA; FOREIGN TRADE IN RUSSIA BETWEEN JANUARY 1992 AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF AUGUST 1998; 4 DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT; THE SOVIET ERA; RUSSIA SINCE 1992 ; 5 THE PRIVATE NON-AGRICULTURAL SECTORTHE PRIVATE NON-AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN THE SOVIET ERA; PRIVATIZATION IN THE NON-AGRICULTURAL SECTORS OF THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY SINCE 1992; 6 AGRICULTURE; THE SOVIET ERA; AGRICULTURE IN RUSSIA; 7 MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION; THE SOVIET FINANCIAL SYSTEM; MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION BEFORE THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF AUGUST 1998; RUSSIA AND THE ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS; 8 FOREIGN DEBT AND AID BEFORE THE AUGUST 1998 FINANCIAL CRISIS; FOREIGN DEBT; FOREIGN AID; 9 ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; HEALTH; THE ENVIRONMENT ; Part II Political Developments10 THE DISSOLUTION OF THE SOVIET UNION; EVENTS PRIOR TO THE 19-21 AUGUST 1991 ABORTIVE COUP; THE 19-21 AUGUST 1991 ABORTIVE COUP; THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS); ECONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION (THE 'NEAR ABROAD'); 11 THE FEDERAL STATE AND THE CHECHEN CRISIS; THE FEDERAL STATE; THE PUTIN ERA; THE CHECHEN WARS; 12 A CHRONOLOGY OF POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS, 1992-2000; A CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS PRIOR TO THE DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT ON 21 SEPTEMBER 1993; THE DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT ON 21 SEPTEMBER 1993 ; THE SEARCH FOR A NEW CONSTITUTIONTHE GENERAL ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1993; DEVELOPMENTS BETWEEN THE DECEMBER 1993 GENERAL ELECTION AND THE DECEMBER 1995 GENERAL ELECTION; THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 17 DECEMBER 1995; The Reelection of Yeltsin as President on 3 July 1996; The General Election of 19 December 1999; The Resignation of Yeltsin on 31 December 1999 and the Meteoric Rise of Vladimir Putin from Relative Obscurity to President (elected 26 March 2000); the Putin Reforms; 13 MILITARY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DISARMAMENT AGREEMENTS, PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE, THE KOSOVO CRISIS AND NATO EXPANSION ; THE ARMED FORCESDEFENCE DOCTRINE; INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS AND NATO EXPANSION; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Provides full details of the many rapid changes in the Russian economy and the political system since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Covers the period up to 2000, offering a valuable guide to policies in the Putin era.
• Titolo autorizzato: The new Russia
• ISBN: 1-315-02945-6; 1-136-87065-2; 1-136-87058-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790736303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II