The moral economy reconsidered : Russia's search for agrarian capitalism / Stephen K. Wegren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wegren, Stephen K., 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peasants--Russia (Federation).

Peasants.

Rural renewal.

Russia (Federation).

Land reform--Russia (Federation).

Land reform.

Rural renewal--Russia (Federation).

Agriculture--Economic aspects--Russia (Federation).

Agriculture.

Agriculture--Economic aspects.

Russia (Federation)--Rural conditions.

Rural conditions.

Physical Description:

xiii, 278 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Summary:

This book presents a powerful analysis of rural change sure to be controversial and spur debate. A contribution to the moral-economy vs. rational peasant debate, it takes a distinctive look at how changes in Russian agrarian reform affected and was in turn affected by peasant and farmer response. Wegren focuses on how peasants adapted in differentiated ways, some favoring privatization and marketization. With implications for understanding responses to marketization and globalization, this study of change has broad interest.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Russia's Agrarian Question in Historical and Contemporary Context 1

Chapter 2 Why Peasants Adapt: Origins of Behavioral Change Under Yeltsin 35

Chapter 3 How Peasants Adapt: Large Farms and Farm Managers 61

Chapter 4 How Peasants Adapt: Rural Households 105

Chapter 5 Effects of Adaptation and Sources of Rural Revival 153

Chapter 6 Peasants' Moral Economy and Implications for Russia's Agrarian Capitalism 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-263) and index.

ISBN:

1403969507

OCLC:

57349118