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Weapons, Culture, and Self-Interest: Soviet Defense Managers in the New Russia
Kimberly Zisk
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Hardback. How do powerful people react to revolutionary circumstances? How quickly and effectively do elites adapt to, and shape, the structures of new social and political systems? Zisk offers an examination of the unexpected ways Russian defence industrialists have acted in the new market economy. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBTV; JPA; JPS; JPWQ; JW; KNDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
How do powerful people react to revolutionary circumstances? How quickly and effectively do elites adapt to, and shape, the structures of new social and political systems? Zisk offers a detailed examination of the unexpected ways Russian defense industrialists have acted in the new market economy. Bridging the gap between political economy and international security studies, Zisk plunges into the debate of whether rational self-interest or broader cultural norms explain behaviour best. She focuses on three institutions that structured the Russian defense manager's working life in the 1992-95 transition era: the large defence enterprises dating from Soviet times; the webs of ... Read more
How do powerful people react to revolutionary circumstances? How quickly and effectively do elites adapt to, and shape, the structures of new social and political systems? Zisk offers a detailed examination of the unexpected ways Russian defense industrialists have acted in the new market economy. Bridging the gap between political economy and international security studies, Zisk plunges into the debate of whether rational self-interest or broader cultural norms explain behaviour best. She focuses on three institutions that structured the Russian defense manager's working life in the 1992-95 transition era: the large defence enterprises dating from Soviet times; the webs of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231110785
SKU
V9780231110785
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