1st Edition
Market as a Weapon The Socio-economic Machinery of Dominance in Russia
390 Pages
by
Routledge
390 Pages
by
Routledge
390 Pages
by
Routledge
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Power is all-encompassing in Russia, and mediates most interactions among people, including everyday decisions. Even the recent administrative reforms in the country, which began at the end of the 1990s, have tried to reshape the government institutions and modernize the country through the use of power. Changes were initiated and implemented by people vested with power. Power, convention, and... Read more
1: Introduction: Market Power on the Make; 2: A Taxonomy of Power Relationships; 3: Russian Power: Constructing an Ideal Type; 4: Continuity and Change in the Prevailing Model of Power: On Path-Dependence in Russian History; 5: Market as a Weapon: Domination by Virtue of a Constellation of Interests; 6: Minimizing Missed Opportunities: A New Model of Choice?; 7: Doing Business in a Russian Region: Controlling Access to the Field; 8: Existing and Potential Constraints Limiting State Servants’ Opportunism; 9: Conclusion: Impossible Change?; 10: Methodological Appendix: Mixing Quantitative and Qualitative Content Analysis
Biography
Anton Oleinik
