1st Edition
Soviet Asia Economic Development And National Policy Choices
By Leslie Dienes
Copyright 1987
310 Pages
by
Routledge
289 Pages
by
Routledge
289 Pages
by
Routledge
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This work examines the geographic position of soviet Asia in the overall econany of the USSR and analyzes the impact of major national policy issues on its development and prospects. The Asian USSR constitutes three-fourths of the country's territory, an area exceeding the size of Brazil and Australia combined. Its acquisition was the result of Russian expansion and conquest in the past 499 years.... Read more
List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE -- SOVIET ASIA: A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS -- 1 Introduction: Hinterland and Metropolis--the Problem of Integration -- 2 The Regional Setting -- PART TWO -- NATIONAL POLICY ISSUES AND SOVIET ASIA -- 3 Energy Policy and Siberian Development -- 4 Economic and Strategic Position of the Soviet Far East -- 5 Central Asia: Manpower and Economic Policy for the Soviet Middle East -- PART THREE -- POPULATION, SETTLEMENT, AND REGIONAL PLANNING -- 6 Population, Employment and Settlement Policy in Siberia and Kazakhstan -- 7 Regional Planning in the USSR and the Development of Soviet Asia -- 8 Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
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Leslie Dienes
