Holding-Together Regionalism: Twenty Years of Post-Soviet Integration [electronic resource] /
Libman, Alexander.author.
Vinokurov, E.author.
An in-depth analysis of one of the most important and complex issues of the post-Soviet era, namely the (re-)integration of this highly interconnected region. The book considers the evolution of 'holding-together' groups since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, looking at intergovernmental interaction and informal economic and social ties.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Part I: Basic Concepts; 2 Searching for Holding-Together Integration; 3 The Dynamics of Holding-Together Integration; Part II: Post-Soviet Integration; 4 Institutional Integration: Twenty Years of Post-Soviet History; 5 Economic Actors and Regionalization; 6 Convergence and Divergence of Economic and Social Development; 7 The Political Economy of Post-Soviet Integration; 8 Sub-National Actors in Post-Soviet Integration; Part III: Key Areas
9 Holding Together or Falling Apart: Results of the Gravity Equation of CIS Trade10 Cross-Border Investment: General Trends through the 2000s; 11 Financial Markets and the Banking Sector; 12 Trans-Eurasian Transport Corridors; 13 Towards a CIS Common Electric Power Market; 14 CIS Telecommunications Sector: The Rise of the Multinationals; 15 Agriculture in the CIS: Departing from the Soviet Past; 16 Labour Migration; Part IV: An Intertwined Region; 17 The Foreign Policies of Russia and Kazakhstan: Post-Soviet Regionalism and Power Balance; 18 Post-Soviet Space, Central Asia and Eurasia
19 Issues for the Next Decade20 Conclusion; Appendix 1: Macroeconomic Data; Appendix 2: A Chronology of Two Decades of Post-Soviet Disintegration and Integration: 1991-2010; Notes; Literature; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An in-depth analysis of one of the most important and complex issues of the post-Soviet era, namely the (re-)integration of this highly interconnected region. The book considers the evolution of 'holding-together' groups since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, looking at intergovernmental interaction and informal economic and social ties.
Economic policy.
Regional economics.
Spatial economics.
Political economy.
Macroeconomics.
Economic history.
Regionalism.
Economic Policy.
Regional/Spatial Science.
International Political Economy.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
Economic History.
Regionalism.