Power, Culture, and Economic Change in Russia : To the Undiscovered Country of Post-socialism, 1988-2008

Utilising cutting-edge theory and unique data, this book examines the role of power, culture, and practice in Russia’s story of post-socialist economic change, and provides a framework for addressing general economic change. No other book places power and culture as centrally as this, and in doing so it provides new insights not only into how Russia came to its present state under Putin, but also how economies operate and change generally. In particular, the importance of remaking authority and culture - creating and contesting new categories and narratives of meaning - is shown as central to Russia’s story, and to the story of economies overall. __Power, Culture and Economic Change in Russia__ is an excellent research tool for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of sociology, political science, economics, area studies, and other related disciplines. "Utilising cutting-edge theory and unique data, this book examines the role of power, culture, and practice in Russia's story of post-socialist economic change, and provides a framework for addressing general economic change. No other book places power and culture as centrally as this, and in doing so it provides new insights not only into how Russia came to its present state under Putin, but also how economies operate and change generally. In particular, the importance of remaking authority and culture - creating and contesting new categories and narratives of meaning - is shown as central to Russia's story, and to the story of economies overall. Power, Culture and Practices in Russia is an excellent research tool for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of sociology, political science, economics, area studies, and other related disciplines"-- "Utilising cutting-edge theory and unique data, this book examines the role of power, culture, and practice in Russia's story of post-socialist economic change, and provides a framework for addressing general economic change. No other book places power and culture as centrally as this, and in doing so it provides new insights not only into how Russia came to its present state under Putin, but also how economies operate and change generally. In particular, the importance of remaking authority and culture - creating and contesting new categories and narratives of meaning - is shown as central to Russia's story, and to the story of economies overall. Power, Culture and Practices in Russia is an excellent research tool for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of sociology, political science, economics, area studies, and other related disciplines"-- Introduction: To the Undiscovered Country - A Journey Through Power-Culture, Institutions, and Post-Socialism Chapter 1: Power-Culture, Practice, and Economic Change: Outlines of a Framework of Economic Change 2: Remaking Strategy and Structure in Post-Soviet Entrepreneurship Chapter 3: Contradictions and Conflict Unleashed: Framing and Contesting Authority in Enterprise Restructuring Chapter 4: Innovation and Confusion: Logics, Practices, and Strategies of Sales Chapter 5: Fields of Battle: Power-Culture, Property, and Remaking Fields Conclusion: Phoenix or Phantom? Lessons of the Grand Experiment Advancing cutting-edge sociological theory and using unique data on everyday economic life, this book examines the centrality of power, culture, and practice in Russian post-socialist change - and provides a framework for addressing general economic change. The book is aimed to faculty and students in sociology, political science, economics, and area studies.