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Author:   Joachim Zweynert
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.362kg
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9781138559271

ISBN 10:   113855927
Pages:   154
Publication Date:   02 November 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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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 Reappraisal of the planned economy Indicative planning and mobilisation versus structural reforms Liberal Reactions to increasing state intereference Economics or political economy? Russian economic science on the retreat from international discourse 7 A New Transition Debate: 2007-2012 2007 as a turning point Conflicting concepts of innovation and modernization Modernization and innovation in economics and in sociology The ""coalitions for modernization"" debate Discussions within the liberal camp The position of the gosudarstvenniki The political dimension of the debate Conservative modernization versus innovation Innovation and modernization in presidential speeches A ""fear of perestroika""? 8 Conclusion Biographical Appendix References"

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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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