Conversations on Russia
By: Padma Desai.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Privatization -- Russia (Federation); Russia (Federation) -- Economic policy -- 1991-; Soviet Union -- Economic policy -- 1986-1991.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Reform maximalists; value: Boris Yeltsin : the wrecking ball; value: Anatoly Chubais : the neo-bolshevik privatizer; value: Yegor Gaidar : the shock therapist; value: Boris Nemtsov : the political activist; value: Mikhail Kasyanov : the pro-market prime minister; value: Strobe Talbott : Bill Clintons Russia hand; value: Reform gradualists; value: Grigory Yavlinsky : the permanent oppositionist; value: Sergei Rogov : in search of checks and balances, at home and abroad; value: Nodari Simonia : the pro-Putin vote; value: George Soros : the active philanthropist; value: Policy perspectives; value: Sergei Dubinin : monopoly sector reform in progress; value: Oleg Vyugin : monetary policy in action; value: Boris Jordan : media man and investor; value: Anatoly Vishnevsky : demographic dilemmas; value: Jack Matlock, jr. : the road ahead; value: The role of history; value: Martin Malia : history lessons; value: Richard Pipes : the past in the present.