1st Edition

Reforging the Weakest Link Global Political Economy and Post-Soviet Change in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

Edited By Neil Robinson Copyright 2004
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 2004. The collapse of the USSR and the emergence of 15 new states from its ashes presents another challenge to the global economy: how to reintegrate the post-Soviet space into the international economy. The spread of liberal market ideology and integration of national economic spaces into a global marketplace faces unique difficulties in the former USSR. This insightful... Read more
Contents: Global economy, the USSR and post-Soviet change, Neil Robinson; A fickle benefactor: Russia and the global economy as a resource for change, Neil Robinson; Trade, investment and debt: Ukraine's integration into world markets, Marko Bojcun; Continuity over change: Belarus, financial repression and reintegration with Russia, Julia Korosteleva; Merchandise foreign trade in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, Nadia Lisovskaya; Path dependency, global economy and post-Communist change, Neil Robinson; From 'transition' to dependent development: the new periphery in global financial capitalism, Anastasia Nesvetailova; Bibliography; Index.

Biography

Neil Robinson