Business and the State in Contemporary Russia

__Business and the State in Contemporary Russia__ is the most recent volume in the John M. Olin Critical Issues series, published by Westview in conjunction with Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian Research. In this latest installation, contributors discuss issues as far-ranging as the dynamics of rule in contemporary Russia, the banking elite, the politics of the Russian media business, the political economy of the Russian oil and coal industries, and the causes and consequences of the August 1998 crash. Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Acronyms -- Preface -- Introduction: Business and the State in Russia -- 1 How Russia Is Ruled -- 2 The Distorted Russian Media Market -- 3 Moscow City Management: A New Form of Russian Capitalism? -- 4 The Political Economy of Russian Oil -- 5 Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Russia's Troubled Coal Industry -- 6 Trade Unions, Management, and the State in Contemporary Russia -- 7 The August 1998 Crash: Causes and Consequences -- Index -- About the Contributors Business and the State in Contemporary Russia is the most recent volume in the John M. Olin Critical Issues series, published by Westview in conjunction with Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian Research. In this latest installation, contributors discuss issues as far-ranging as the dynamics of rule in contemporary Russia, the banking elite, the politics of the Russian media business, the political economy of the Russian oil and coal industries, and the causes and consequences of the August 1998 crash. In this volume on contemporary Russia, contributors discuss issues as far-ranging as the dynamics of rule in contemporary Russia, the banking elite, the politics of the Russian media business, and the political economy of the Russian oil and coal industries After nearly a decade of rule by President Boris Yeltsin, the character of the political system that he headed is still the subject of wide-and often bitter dispute.