Power, Culture, and Economic Change in Russia

Download or read book Power, Culture, and Economic Change in Russia written by Jeffrey K Hass and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-04-20 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utilising cutting-edge theory and unique data, this book examines the role of power, culture, and practice in Russia’s story of post-socialist economic change, and provides a framework for addressing general economic change. No other book places power and culture as centrally as this, and in doing so it provides new insights not only into how Russia came to its present state under Putin, but also how economies operate and change generally. In particular, the importance of remaking authority and culture - creating and contesting new categories and narratives of meaning - is shown as central to Russia’s story, and to the story of economies overall. Power, Culture and Economic Change in Russia is an excellent research tool for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of sociology, political science, economics, area studies, and other related disciplines.