When Ideas Fail: Economic Thought, the Failure of Transition and the Rise of Institutional Instability in Post-Soviet Russia

Author:   Joachim Zweynert
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   144
Publication Date:   12 December 2019
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Author:   Joachim Zweynert
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.290kg
ISBN:  

9780367891121


ISBN 10:   0367891123
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   12 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 The Role of Ideas in Great Transformations Transition as functional differentiation Constructivist institutionalism and the structure/agency-problem What is special about Russia What is special about Russia I: Lack of liberal underground discourses What is specific about Russia II: The struggle between two thought collectives What is Specific about Russia III: Deep ideational backgrounds 3 The Legacy of the Brezhnev Period: 1971-1986 Why deal with the Brezhnev period? Self-organization versus mobilization The economics of developed socialism The origins of the concept The economic mechanism Base and superstructure Commodity-money relations Conclusion 4 Cracking the Protective Belt: 1987-1992 Back to the 1960s and taking it further What was Soviet ideology? Perestroika and the Soviet telos Early debates in Voprosy ekonomiki, and the new textbook on political economy The inflow of Western liberal ideas The MEiMO debate on Western reforms The Debates in the general interest press The decline of Soviet ideology Paradigm shift or continuity? 5 Towards a Precarious Consensus: 1993-1998 Western textbooks, Russian reality The intellectual background to shock therapy Post-industrial society and the comeback of slavophile ideas Regulation, economic security, and the ""Russian economic school"" The rise of Russian institutionalism A new consensus? 6 In Search of a ""Russian Way"": 1999-2006 Taking stock of post-socialist reforms The discussion about the stabilization fund The nationalist turn"

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Joachim Zweynert is Professor of International Political Economy at Witten/ Herdecke University, Germany. He studied economics and political science at Hamburg University, Germany.

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