The International Politics of Eurasia: V. 8: Economic Transition in Russia and the New States of Eurasia

ISBN-13: 9781563243660 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 384 str.

Bartlomiej Kaminski

Opis

This volume covers the economic progress made by the new states of the former Soviet Union in the transition from command to market economies. Topics discussed include: political and economic adjustments; the domestic dimension; macropolicies; restructuring; and regional and world integration.

Spis treści

About the Editors and Contributors, Preface, 1. Introduction, 2. Economic Transformation in the Post-Soviet Republics: An Overview, 3. Economic Transition in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus: A Comparative Perspective, 4. Integrating the Unofficial Economy into the Dynamics of Post-Socialist Economies: A Framework of Analysis and Evidence, 5. Russia's Oil and Gas Exports to the Former Soviet Union, 6. Foreign Investment and Trade in Kazakhstan, 7. Central Asia: Prospects for Regional Integration, 8. Poverty and Inequality in Transition Economies: What Has Actually Happened, 9. What's Wrong with the Mafiya Anyway? An Analysis of the Economics of Organized Crime in Russia, 10. Post-Communist Economics: Expectations, Entitlements, and Disappointments, 11. Russia and the Commonwealth ofIndependent States in the Emerging Structure of the World Economy, 12. Reforming Intergovernmental Relations: Russia and the Challenge of Fiscal Federalism, 13. Unemployment and the Labor Market in Transition: A Review of Experience in East Europe and Russia, 14. Learning to Learn: Emerging Patterns of Enterprise Behavior in the Russian Defense Sector, 1992-95, 15. Note on Privatization in Moldova, 16. Note on Privatization in Georgia, 17. Global Integration and the Convergence of Interests Among Key Actors in the West, Russia, Ukraine, and the Commonwealth of Independent States, 18. Factors Affecting Trade Reorientation of the Newly Independent States, Appendix: Project Participants, Index

O autorze

Starr, S. Frederick; Dawisha, Karen