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Rural Reform in Post-Soviet Russia  
Author: David J. O'Brien
ISBN: 0801869609
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Review
"An important collection on the rural economy and society in the Russian transition with contributions by leading scholars."-- Agricultural History Review


Book Description
Rural Reform in Post-Soviet Russia reviews change in agricultural and rural life since 1990 through historical, political, sociological, and anthropological investigation. The contributors' interest is not so much in agriculture itself but in agrarian issues such as the relationship between rural interests and changing Russian institutions, the economic and social organization of rural households, and the quality of life in rural families and villages.


About the Author
David J. O'Brien is a professor of rural sociology at the University of Missouri--Columbia. Stephen K. Wegren is an associate professor of political science at Southern Methodist University.




Rural Reform in Post-Soviet Russia

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Rural Reform in Post-Soviet Russia reviews change in agricultural and rural life since 1990 through historical, political, sociological, and anthropological investigation. The contributors' interest is not so much in agriculture itself but in agrarian issues such as the relationship between rural interests and changing Russian institutions, the economic and social organization of rural households, and the quality of life in rural families and villages.

About the Author: David J. O'Brien is a professor of rural sociology at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Stephen K. Wegren is an associate professor of political science at Southern Methodist University.

SYNOPSIS

The collapse of the Soviet Union has led to the end of the collective farm, once the defining characteristic of Russian agrarian life. O'Brien (rural sociology, U. of Missouri-Columbia) and Wegren (political science, Southern Methodist U.) present 16 chapters that explore this massive change from political, sociological, historical, and anthropological perspectives. The major themes of the articles are the relative ability of agriculture to adapt to a market economy, the major obstacles blocking the transformation of Russian agriculture, the nature of the adaptations of households and villages to the post-Soviet realities, and the impact of those adaptations on prospects for further reforms. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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The collapse of the Soviet Union has led to the end of the collective farm, once the defining characteristic of Russian agrarian life. O'Brien (rural sociology, U. of Missouri-Columbia) and Wegren (political science, Southern Methodist U.) present 16 chapters that explore this massive change from political, sociological, historical, and anthropological perspectives. The major themes of the articles are the relative ability of agriculture to adapt to a market economy, the major obstacles blocking the transformation of Russian agriculture, the nature of the adaptations of households and villages to the post-Soviet realities, and the impact of those adaptations on prospects for further reforms. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

     



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