Radical Reform in Yeltsin's Russia

This work examines the political and organizational factors that have shaped Russian economic reforms since the demise of the Soviet Union. The author draws on a variety of sources - including interviews conducted in Ekaterinburg, Voronezh and Smolensk - to present a multilayered portrait of the successes, failures and umintended consequences of the reforms. The book covers: the consequence of dissolving the USSR and Russia's role in the CIS; political transition; economic reform; assessment of the political and social implications of neo-liberal moneterism and of the voucher privatisation programme; and both regional and federal structures and processes. Chapter 1 The Twentieth-Century Russian Dialectic; Chapter 2 The Political Dimension of Economic Reform; Chapter 3 Structural and Cultural Factors; Chapter 4 Contrasting Economic Priorities in Russian Reform; Chapter 5 Coordination Issues in Russia’s Privatization Program; Chapter 6 An Assessment of the Voucher Privatization Program; Chapter 7 In the Balance;