Power Culture and Economic Change in Russia

<p>Utilising cutting-edge theory and unique data this book examines the role of power culture and practice in Russia’s story of post-socialist economic change and provides a framework for addressing general economic change. </p><p>No other book places power and culture as centrally as this and in doing so it provides new insights not only into how Russia came to its present state under Putin but also how economies operate and change generally. In particular the importance of remaking authority and culture - creating and contesting new categories and narratives of meaning - is shown as central to Russia’s story and to the story of economies overall.</p><p><em>Power Culture and Economic Change in Russia</em> is an excellent research tool for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of sociology political science economics area studies and other related disciplines.</p>