Description
Book SynopsisReveals the nature of Russian capitalism following the fall of the Soviet Union, showing the impact of both Soviet bureaucracy and global capital.
Trade Review'An important contribution to understanding capitalism in Russia, more than 20 years after the break-up of the USSR' -- Simon Pirani, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
'Takes a novel theoretical approach to understanding the corporate enterprise that will fundamentally change how heterodox economists will think them' -- Professor Frederic S. Lee, editor of American Journal of Economics and Sociology
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Global accumulation and the capitalist world-system
2. From central planning to Capitalism
3. Russian Big Business: Corporate Governance and Time Horizon
4. Rent Withdrawal, Social Conflict and Accumulation
5. Insider Rent and Conditions of Growth in the Russian Economy
6. Accumulation of capital by Russian corporations: some empirical evidence
Conclusion
References
Index
