The political economy of Russia

Introduction: the political problems of Russian capitalism / Neil Robinson -- The contexts of Russia's political economy: Soviet legacies and post-Soviet policies / Neil Robinson -- Revenue imperatives: state over market in post-communist Russia / Gerald M. Easter -- Systemic stalemate: reiderstvo, and the dual state / Richard Sakwa -- The political economy of Russia's demographic crisis: states and markets, mothers and migrants / Linda J. Cook -- Change in agriculture: the development of Russia's private farming / Stephen K. Wegren -- Russia's potential role in the world oil system: reciprocal dependency, global integration, and positive unintended consequences / Andrew Barnes -- Russia as semi-periphery: political economy, the state, and society in the contemporary world system / Paul T. Christensen -- Conclusion: the political dysfunctions of Russian capitalism / Neil Robinson

This timely book explores Russia's political development since the collapse of the USSR and how inextricably it has been bound up with economic change. Assessing the legacies of the Soviet period, leading scholars trace the evolution of Russia's political economy and how it may develop as bitter battles continue to be waged over property and state revenues, the development of private agriculture, and welfare. This book puts these domestic issues in international and comparative perspective by considering Russia's position in the global economy and its growing role as a major energy producer. Focusing especially on the nature and future of Russian capitalism, the contributors weigh the political problems that confront Russia in its ongoing struggle to modernize and develop its economy.