Re-Constructing the Post-Soviet Industrial Region (Basees Curzon Series on Russian & East European Studies)

This book examines the political economy of attempts to restructure the Donbass, one of the Soviet Union's most important 'old economy' 'rustbelt' industrial regions. It shows how local interest groups have successfully frustrated the central government's and the World Bank's proposed market-oriented restructuring, and how a manufacturing-based regional economy is surviving, partially, with restructuring postponed. This Book Examines The Complex Economic, Political, Social And Cultural Transformations Of The Soviet Union's 'rustbelt' Industrial Regions, Focusing In Particular On The Restructuring Of The Donbas In Eastern Ukraine, Once An Archetypal Soviet Industrial Area. It Shows How The Region's Unique History Posed Not Only Enormous Political And Economic Challenges, But Also Provided The Resources Needed For It To Adapt To Changing Circumstances At Different Geographical Scales. In Particular, It Appraises The Process Of Restructuring In The Coal Industry, Historically A Vital Industry For The Regional Economy. Overall, This Book Provides Detailed Analysis Of Restructuring In A Region That Continues To Shape Post-soviet Transition In Ukraine And Elsewhere In The Former Communist World.--book Jacket. Introduction : Re-constructing The Post-soviet Industrial Region / Adam Swain -- The Donbas Regional Economy In Transition -- The Ukrainian Donbas In 'transition' / Adam Swain And Vlad Mykhnenko -- The Reform Of Ukraine's Energy Complex And Its Consequences For Donetsk / Hans Van Zon -- Regional Politics In Ukraine's Transition : The Donetsk Elite / Elena Kovaleva -- The Evolution Of The Industrial Structure In Donetsk Region : Macroeconomic, Microeconomic And Institutional Factors / Alexander Lyakh -- Trapped In Past Glory : Self-identification And Self-symbolisation In The Donbas / Kerstin Zimmer -- The Restructuring Of The Coal Mining Industry In The Donbas -- The Donetsk Clan And The Demise Of The Coal Industry / Oleg Bogatov -- The Social Consequences Of Coal Mine Restructuring / Olena Popova -- Projecting 'transition' In The Ukrainian Donbas : Policy Transfer And The Restructuring Of The Coal Industry / Adam Swain. Edited By Adam Swain. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 6 Copyright......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 List of Figures......Page 10 List of Tables......Page 12 Notes on contributors......Page 14 Acknowledgements......Page 16 Introduction: Re-constructing the post-Soviet industrial region......Page 18 Part I The Donbas regional economy in transition......Page 22 1 The Ukrainian Donbas in ‘transition’......Page 24 2 The reform of Ukraine’s energy complex and its consequences for Donetsk......Page 64 3 Regional politics in Ukraine’s transition: The Donetsk elite......Page 79 4 The evolution of the industrial structure in Donetsk region: Macroeconomic, microeconomic and institutional factors......Page 95 5 Trapped in past glory: Self-identification and self-symbolisation in the Donbas......Page 114 Part II The restructuring of the coal mining industry in the Donbas......Page 140 6 The Donetsk clan and the demise of the coal industry......Page 142 7 The social consequences of coal mine restructuring......Page 159 8 Projecting ‘transition’ in the Ukrainian Donbas: policy transfer and the restructuring of the coal industry......Page 178 Index......Page 205