Sowing Market Reforms : The Internationalization of Russian Agriculture

By examining a sector of the economy that was exposed to increased imports more than four decades ago, Crumley illuminates the economic pressures, resistance, and reform that help to shape Russia's agrarian sector today. Opening a closed economy to trade can lead to greater trade and the emergence of a market economy. Sowing Market Reforms examines the assumptions of liberal economic theory and assesses the impact that increased trade has had on the Russian agrarian sector. Crumley argues that Russian agricultural producers are not simply homo economicus responding to price signals, but rather they are economic actors influenced by institutional, financial, and legal obstacles as well as political culture. By examining a sector of the economy that was exposed to increased imports more than four decades ago, Crumley illuminates the economic pressures, resistance, and reform that help to shape Russia's agrarian sector today Front Matter....Pages i-xii The Impact of Trade on Russian Agrarian Institutions: An Introduction....Pages 1-20 Conceptualizing Alternative Approaches to Institutional Change in Russia....Pages 21-43 Soviet Agrarian Institutions and Interests....Pages 45-69 Administrative and Organizational Changes as Agrarian Reform, 1972–1990....Pages 71-78 The Decentralization of Decision-Making Institutions in the Era of Market Reforms, 1990–2002....Pages 79-92 Government Incentives, Traditional Values, and the Shaping of Agrarian Interests....Pages 93-117 Changes and Constraints in Agrarian Institutions: Summary and Discussion....Pages 119-129 Back Matter....Pages 131-214