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Change in Putin´s Russia: Power, Money and People
Simon Pirani
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Description for Change in Putin´s Russia: Power, Money and People
Hardback. Explains Russia's political economy, and provides a unique account of the social movements fighting for change. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures, charts, graphs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLX; JP; KC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
This is an investigation into the interaction of power, money and people in Russia during the presidencies of Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev.
Profiling Putin's team, including his security services and pro-market economic 'reformers', Simon Pirani argues that the growth during the oil boom was one-sided. The gap between rich and poor widened. Now the boom is over, this problem has only grown.
As well as explaining Russia's economic trajectory, the book provides a unique account of the social movements that are working against an increasingly authoritarian government to change Russia for the ... Read more
This is an investigation into the interaction of power, money and people in Russia during the presidencies of Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev.
Profiling Putin's team, including his security services and pro-market economic 'reformers', Simon Pirani argues that the growth during the oil boom was one-sided. The gap between rich and poor widened. Now the boom is over, this problem has only grown.
As well as explaining Russia's economic trajectory, the book provides a unique account of the social movements that are working against an increasingly authoritarian government to change Russia for the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745326917
SKU
V9780745326917
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Ref
99-1
About Simon Pirani
Simon Pirani is Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, and has written widely on Soviet history and energy issues. His books include Burning Up: A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption (Pluto, 2018), The Russian Revolution in Retreat (Routledge, 2008) and Change in Putin’s Russia (Pluto, 2009).
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