A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union—showing how Gorbachev's misguided
reforms led to its demise “A deeply informed account of how the Soviet Union fell apart.” …

A penetrating look into the extreme plutocracy Vladimir Putin has created and its
implications for Russia's future This insightful study explores how the economic system …

The Soviet Union created a unique form of urban modernity, developing institutions of social
provisioning for hundreds of millions of people in small and medium-sized industrial cities …

The postcommunist countries were amongst the most fervent and committed adopters of
neoliberal economic reforms. Not only did they manage to overcome the anticipated …

“Business groups” are sets of legally separate firms bound together in persistent formal
and/or informal ways. The level of binding is intermediate between, and should be …

abstract In many countries governments not only regulate business activities, but also
become involved in the corporate governance of individual firms through ownership and …

Research on regime change has often wound up chasing events in the post-Soviet world
because it has frequently assumed that regime change, if not simple instability, implies a …

Page 1 Building Capitalism The Transformation of the Former Soviet Bloc Anders Åslund Page
2 Page 3 Building Capitalism The Transformation of the Former Soviet Bloc This book offers …

This article explores the formation of post–Soviet Russian national identity through a study of
political struggles over key Soviet–era monuments and memorials in Moscow during the …

Priests of Prosperity explores the unsung revolutionary campaign to transform
postcommunist central banks from command-economy cash cows into Western-style …