1st Edition

Household Capital and the Agrarian Problem in Russia

310 Pages
by Routledge

310 Pages
by Routledge

310 Pages
by Routledge

This title was first published in 2000:  Using micro-level data, this text shows that rural Russian households have made significant adaptations to an emerging market economy in just a few years. It focuses on how household capital (household labour, social networks and comunity attachment) effect the economic and psychological adaptation of households to rapid socioeconomic change. Findings... Read more

Changes in Russian agriculture - new institutional structures in the countryside; peasant households and the transition to a market economy and democracy; population and household structure in rural Russia; research design; household structure and labour; community attachment and social networks; physical capital; household agricultural production and sales; employment, household income and durable goods; mental health and symptoms of depression; subjective quality of life; supporting sustainable households and communities in an era of globalization.

Biography

David O'Brien, Valeri Patsiorkovski, Larry Dershem