Front Cover -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Heritage -- 1: Capitalism, Civil Society and Development in Russia (to 1917 and from 1989) -- 1 Return to the Transition -- 2 Poverty, Survival Strategies and the...

This special 100th edition of Contemporary Issues in Economic and Financial Analysisdedicates 14 chapters to contemporary issues in business and financial management in Eastern Europe by authors invited mainly from the Rostov State University of Economics.

Based on the 2017 conference "'New Reality' and Russian Markets" held at Harvard University, this book brings together world-renowned thinkers to offer the latest empirical research on recent financial risks, institutional policies, and financial stability.

FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Summaries of Workshop Presentations and Discussions -- 2 Themes that Emerged During the Workshop -- Appendixes -- A Russian-American Workshop: Innovating for Profit in Russia -- B Nuclear Cities Initiative -- C Basic Principles of...

Intro -- Content -- Preface -- The Northern Dimension Policy and Culture -- Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 The concept of creative industries in the Russian context -- 2. Russian creative industries in figures -- 2.1 Traditional culture -- 2.2 Entertainment sector -- 2.3 Film industry -- 2.4...

Cover -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Ch 1. Introduction -- Why the United States Should Grant Russia PNTR -- Ch 2. Russia's Rising Economic Significance -- Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Russia -- Russia: The Wealthiest of the BRICs and Very Different from China...

Intro -- Contents -- 1 Demography the Social Mirror? ? -- Lies, damned lies and statistics? -- Murder most foul? -- A century of population change in Russia -- The mirror of society? -- 2 The Revolt Against Class Society 1890 1928 -- Mortality in Tsarist Russia -- The class pattern of death --...

Intro -- Contents -- Photographs follow pages 62 and 154 -- Preface -- Chronology of Events, 1991-1997 -- 1 Images, Voices -- 2 The Shock of Economic Freedom -- 3 The Rise of the New Russians -- 4 The Battle for Russia's Wealth -- 5 Capitalism Versus Communism -- 6 The Wary Westerners -- 7...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration and Sources -- Glossary -- Part One: Policy Design and Legislative Context -- 1. Russia's Contemporary Land Reform: An Overview -- 2. Politics and Property Rights in the Soviet Period -- 3. Politics and Property Rights in...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- A Note on Transliteration, Names, and Translation -- A Note on the Relative Value of Money Then and Now -- Prologue: The Patrimony of Imperial Russia -- Introduction to Bolshevik Gold: The Nature of a Forgotten Problem -- I. The Heist -- 1. The Banks...