Socio-Economic Foundations of the Russian Post-Soviet Regime: The Resource-Based Economy and Estate-Based Social Structure of Contemporary Russia

Simon Kordonsky divides the social structure of contemporary Russia into distinct estates or social groups and describes each organization's unique resource-based political and economic nature. As he guides readers through Russia's peculiar service and support estate system, Kordonsky reveals how remarkably effective inventing and institutionalizing threats can be in the distribution of scarce resources in a social system of this kind. His book emphasizes the fundamental differences between resource-based economies and traditional risk-based economies and their role in Russia's future.

Author: Simon Kordonsky
Publisher: Ibidem Press
Published: 04/05/2016
Pages: 220
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9783838208756
ISBN10: 3838208757
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity
- Political Science | Political Process | General
- Social Science | Sociology | General

About the Author
Simon G. Kordonsky is professor of public policy as well as head of the Department of Local Self-Government and of the Laboratory for Municipal Administration at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow. He is chairman of the Expert Council of the Khamovniki Foundation for Social Research and previously worked in the Russian presidential administration.

Svetlana Barsukova is professor of economic sociology at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow.