Rethinking the post Soviet experience
Subtitle: the market meets the moral economy
By: Jeffrey Hass
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780230284661
Subjects: Post-communism; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development; Economic conditions; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics; Social conditions; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing Countries
Description: Twenty years after the Soviet Union collapsed and the post-socialist experiment began, this book evaluates the experiences of market-building and the implications that this has had for social theory. Moving beyond the utilitarian assumptions that govern many other works, the author investigates the importance of culture in the post-socialist story, andthe interaction between social and economic change. Combining scholarship in economics, politics and sociology, this volume examines key issues though the discourses of workers, managers, financial elites and state officials. In telling these stories, this book expands on previous analyses, proposing a new way of thinking about moral economy, and providing insights into the dynamics of economic change.
Notes: Includes index.