000387845 000__ 04172nam\a2200505\a\4500 000387845 001__ 387845 000387845 003__ MiAaPQ 000387845 005__ 20211103003257.0 000387845 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000387845 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000387845 008__ 070813s2007\\\\dcua\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000387845 010__ $$z 2007033505 000387845 020__ $$z9780815731146 (cloth : alk. paper) 000387845 020__ $$z0815731140 (cloth : alk. paper) 000387845 035__ $$a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069059 000387845 035__ $$a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069059 000387845 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10224508 000387845 035__ $$a(CaONFJC)MIL430471 000387845 035__ $$a(OCoLC)818846714 000387845 040__ $$aMiAaPQ$$cMiAaPQ$$dMiAaPQ 000387845 0411_ $$aeng$$hrus 000387845 043__ $$ae-ru---$$ae-ur--- 000387845 050_4 $$aDK510.763$$b.G34913 2007 000387845 08204 $$a947.085$$222 000387845 1001_ $$aGaĭdar, E. T.$$q(Egor Timurovich) 000387845 24010 $$aGibelʹ imperii.$$lEnglish 000387845 24510 $$aCollapse of an empire:$$blessons for modern Russia /$$cYegor Gaidar ; translated by Antonina W. Bouis. 000387845 260__ $$aWashington, D.C. :$$bBrookings Institution Press,$$cc2007. 000387845 300__ $$axviii, 332 p. :$$bill. 000387845 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000387845 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia 000387845 338__ $$aonline resource$$2rdacarrier 000387845 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 257-314) and index. 000387845 5050_ $$aThe grandeur and the fall of empires -- Modern economic growth and the era of empires -- Crisis and the dismantling of overseas empires -- Problems of dissolving territorially integrated empires -- The yugoslav tragedy -- Authoritarian regimes: the causes of instability -- Challenges in the early stages of modern economic growth and authoritarianism -- The instability of authoritarian regimes -- Mechanics of the collapse of authoritarianism -- The oil curse -- The Spanish prologue -- Resource wealth and economic development -- Specifics of the oil market -- Regulating the oil market in the twentieth century -- Challenges related to price fluctuations of commodities: Mexico and Venezuela -- In search of a way out: a response to the dangers of unstable commodity pricing -- Cracks in the foundation: the Soviet Union in the early 1980s -- Growing problems and bad decisions -- Food supply problems -- Food shortages-a strategic challenge -- The USSR as the largest importer of food -- Oil in Western Siberia: the illusion of salvation -- A drop in oil prices: the final blow -- The collapse of the USSR: the unexpected becomes the rule -- The political economy of external shocks -- Deteriorating conditions for foreign trade: political alternatives -- The ussr and the drop in oil prices: the essence of the choice -- A series of mistakes -- Mounting problems in the soviet economy -- The hard currency crisis -- Economic and political liberalization against the background of the hard currency and financial problems -- Development of the crisis of the socialist system -- Political credits -- The price of compromise -- The crisis of the empire and the nationality question -- Loss of control over the economic and political situation -- The currency crisis -- From crisis to catastrophe -- "Extraordinary efforts" instead of reforms -- On the brink of default -- On the path to state bankruptcy -- The grain problem -- Prices skyrocket -- Money and the fate of the empire -- The fall -- The political economy of the failed coup -- Political death throes -- Political disintegration: economic consequences -- A civilized divorce. 000387845 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000387845 520__ $$a"Uses world history, the Soviet experience, and economic analysis to demonstrate why Russian nostalgia for empire could lead to repeating past strategies that result in instability, leaving Russia vulnerable to economic downturns"--Provided by publisher. 000387845 650_0 $$aAuthoritarianism$$zRussia (Federation) 000387845 651_0 $$aRussia (Federation)$$xPolitics and government$$y1991- 000387845 651_0 $$aSoviet Union$$xPolitics and government$$y1985-1991. 000387845 655_0 $$aElectronic books 000387845 852__ $$bebk 000387845 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete $$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1069059$$zOnline Access 000387845 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:387845$$pGLOBAL_SET 000387845 980__ $$aBIB 000387845 980__ $$aEBOOK 000387845 982__ $$aEbook 000387845 983__ $$aOnline