Adaptation of Western Economics by Russian Universities: Intercultural Travel of an Academic Field

ISBN-13: 9780415975094 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 184 str.

Tatiana Suspitsyna

Opis

In the early 1990s Russia began its transition to a market economy, and in response Russian universities started to import Western-style economics programs. This caused deep divisions and crises within Russian academia as the new imports contradicted and overturned the Soviet socialist dogmas which had been accepted as fact at all levels of society for decades. In addition to this painful reversal, the introduction of economics meant a necessary retraining of the entire cadre of academic economists, translating and publishing textbooks, re-designing curricula and restructuring departments to accommodate this formerly forbidden discipline. This book uses case studies to cast this difficult transformation in the light of an intercultural transplantation of ideas, practices and structures from Western to post-Soviet university settings, and is written by a Russian-born and American-educated scholar specializing in organizational behaviour.

Spis treści

DedicationList of FiguresList of TablesList of AppendicesChapterI. IntroductionII. Conceptualizing Travel of Academic Fields: A Theoretical FrameworkIII. Research Design and MethodIV. Russian Higher Education and Economics: Past and PresentV. The Higher School of Economics: A Western University Model in RussiaVI. Moscow State University: Tradition in Service of ChangeVII. Ural State University: A Regional Center of Economic EducationVIII. Integrative Analysis and Discussion of Intercultural Travels of Academic FieldsIX. ConclusionAppendicesBibliography

O autorze

Tatiana Suspitsuna is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in higher education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.