Democracy, Civic Culture and Small Business in Russia's Regions

Social Processes in Comparative Historical Perspective

Molly O'Neal (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

258 Seiten

2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-90269-5 (ISBN)

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This book adopts a novel analytical approach to understanding how Russia's stalled democratisation is related to the incomplete liberalisation of the economy. Based on extensive original comparative study of Russia’s regions, the book explores the precise channels of interaction that create the mutuality of property rights, entrepreneurship, rule of law, norms of citizenship and liberal democracy. It demonstrates that the extent of democratisation varies across regions, and that this variation is connected to the extent of liberalisation of the economy. Moreover, it argues that the key factor in producing this linkage is the relative prominence of small business owners and their supporters in articulating their interests vis-à-vis regional and local administrations, especially through the institutionalisation of networks and business associations. The book develops its key theses by means of detailed analysis of the experiences of four case study regions. Overall, the book provides a major contribution to understanding the path of democratisation in Russia.

Molly O'Neal, who has had a long career as a United States diplomat and State Department official focusing on the countries of the former Soviet Union, is currently a Visiting Scholar at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, USA

1. Small Business Owners and Regional Democracy 2. Small Business and Regional Democracy: Quantitative Analysis 3. Elaborated Process Mapping and Case Selection 4. The Samara Region: a Tale of Two Cities 5. The Smolensk Region: Small Business and the Uses of Adversity 6. The Rostov Region: Limits of Patrimonial Exchange 7. Fathers and Sons: Entrepreneurship and Elite Transformation in the Perm Region 8. Concluding Arguments

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.9.2015
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
Zusatzinfo	56 Tables, black and white; 15 Line drawings, black and white; 15 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	498 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Finanz- / Wirtschaftsmathematik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	1-138-90269-1 / 1138902691
ISBN-13	978-1-138-90269-5 / 9781138902695
Zustand	Neuware