Russia's capitalist revolution : why market reform succeeded and democracy failed / / Anders Aslund

• Autore: Aslund Anders <1952->
• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (389 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.947
• Soggetto topico: Capitalism - Russia (Federation)
• Soggetto geografico: Russia (Federation) Economic conditions 1991-
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-325) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Russian Federation map -- Introduction -- Definitions of Democracy and Market Economy -- Theses of This Book -- The Structure of This Book -- Chapter 1 Perestroika-The Great Awakening: 1985-87 -- Why Perestroika Started -- Mikhail Gorbachev and the Outstanding Provincials -- Early Perestroika: Cautious Economic Reforms to Boost Growth -- Glasnost: Shattering All Illusions -- New Thinking on Foreign Policy -- Why Gorbachev's Attempt at Chinese Reforms Failed -- Special photo section -- An Untenable Mix of Changes -- Chapter 2 The Collapse: 1988-91 -- Elite Division: Yeltsin, Ligachev, and Gorbachev Part Company -- Democratization -- National Revival and Disputes -- The Demise of the Plan and the Rise of Rent Seeking -- A Parade of Reform Programs -- Collapse of the Outer Empire -- Economic Collapse -- Political Collapse: Yeltsin at His Peak -- An Overdetermined Collapse -- Chapter 3 Revolution: 1991-93 -- Yeltsin's Assumption of Power -- Dissolution of the Soviet Union -- Attempt at Radical Market Reform -- Parlimentary Revolt Against the President -- Ambitious Mass Privatization -- Abortive Financial Stabilization -- Failure of the West to Act -- Dissolution of the Parliament and Shootout at the White House -- Great Achievements but Mixed Results -- Chapter 4 The Rise and Fall of State Enterprise Managers: 1994-95 -- The New Constitution -- The December 1993 Elections and the End of the Reform Government -- The State Enterprise Managers -- The Making of Gazprom -- Precarious Financial Stabilization -- The Rise of Organized Crime -- The First Chechnya War -- Halt of Reform Exacerbated Social Costs -- Chapter 5 The Oligarchy: 1996-98 -- Who Were the Oligarchs? -- The Loans-for-Shares Privatization -- The 1996 Presidential Elections: Oligarchs and Reformers United. ; False Dawn of Reform: The Bankers' War, 1997 -- The Financial Crash of August 1998 -- NATO and G-7 Enlargement -- Assessing the Oligarchs -- Chapter 6 Postrevolutionary Stabilization: 1999-2003 -- Finally Financial Stabilization -- President Yeltsin's Final Days -- Vladimir Putin: KGB Lieutenant-Colonel -- The Second Chechnya War -- Putin's Assumption of Power: Elections of 1999 and 2000 -- Muzzling of the Media -- Centralization of Federal Power -- The Gref Program: Second Generation of Economic Reform -- Dictatorship of Law -- Serious Efforts to Join the WTO -- Siloviki, Oligarchs, and Reformers: Who Is Mr. Putin? -- Chapter 7 Authoritarianism and Recentralization: 2004-07 -- The Yukos Affair: The End of the Oligarchy -- Elections of 2003 and 2004 -- Inauspicious Start of Putin's Second Term -- Consolidating Authoritarian Rule: Deinstitutionalization -- Renationalization: The Creation of the Kremlin, Inc. -- Toward State Capitalism? -- Corruption: Rationalized but Pervasive -- Colored Revolutions -- A New Distance from the West -- Does Russia Suffer from an Energy Curse? -- Putin's Model: Back to Nicholas I -- Chapter 8 Conclusions: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed -- Market Economy but No Democracy -- Russia's Capitalist Revolution -- Russia's History Is That of Its Leaders and Their Ideas -- Early, Radical, and Comprehensive Reforms Most Effective -- Essence of Privatization: Legitimate Property Rights -- Policymaking in the Midst of a Revolution -- Foreign Aid: Limited but Important -- Russia's Future: Contradiction Between Economic Miracle and Reactionary Politics -- References -- Chronology -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Russia's capitalist revolution
• ISBN: 1-281-12515-6; 9786611125158; 0-88132-483-3; 1-4356-1643-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818870503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II