Russia and the world economy : problems of integration / Alan Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Alan, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perestroĭka--Russia (Federation).

Perestroĭka.

Competition, International.

Russia (Federation)--Economic policy--1991-.

Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Russia and the World Economy analyses the major economic, historical and political obstacles to the successful integration of the Russian economy into the world economy. Alan Smith examines the role of Western assistance and advice in this process, and the potential implications of failure of reforms in Russia for global stability and international economic relations.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Preface; From the Soviet Union to Russia; Russian and Soviet economic development and foreign trade; The organisation of Soviet foreign economic relations; The Soviet economic system and the demand for imports; Soviet hard currency earnings; Soviet economic reforms and reform debates under Gorbachev; The reform of foreign economic relations under Gorbachev; Problems in exporting under Gorbachev; Soviet balance of payments pressures 1985 91 and their impact on the economy; The transition to a market economy in Russia

Russian external trade and economic relations Russia and the world economy: problems of integration and the role of the West; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-246) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-87888-5

1-134-87889-3

0-429-22978-X

1-280-33633-1

0-203-21675-X

9780429229787

OCLC:

475885918