Without a Map
Subtitle: Political Tactics and Economic Reform in Russia
Publisher: The MIT Press; MIT Press
Published: January 7, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780262194341
Subjects: Economic history; Macroeconomics; Political economy; Political science & theory; Contemporary Economic Situations And Conditions; Contemporary Politics - Former Soviet Republics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Russia; Development - Economic Development; Government - Comparative; Business & Economics / Economics / General; Political; 1991-; Economic Conditions; Politics and government; Russia (Federation)
First sentence: In the seven years between November 1991, and August 1998, a series of Russian governments tried to enact and implement far-reaching economic reforms.
Description: "Recent commentators on Russia's economic reforms have almost uniformly declared them a disappointing - and avoidable - failure. In this book, two American scholars take a new and more balanced look at the country's attempts to build capitalism on the ruins of Soviet central planning. They show how and why the Russian reforms achieved remarkable breakthroughs in some areas but came undone in others.".

"Renewing a strain of analysis that runs from Machiavelli to Hirschman, the authors reach conclusions about political strategies that have important implications for other reformers. They draw on their extensive knowledge of the country and recent experience as advisors to Russian policymakers. The book should appeal to economists, political scientists, policymakers, businesspeople, and all those interested in Russian politics or economics."--BOOK JACKET.