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Why did Russia's all-out war against Ukraine come as such a surprise to the West? is a key question considered by this reflective and wide-ranging book. Examining the full situation, exploring political, military, economic and business spheres, the book provides a deep analysis of how the present confrontation has come about.

Why did Russia's all-out war against Ukraine come as such a surprise to the West? is a key question considered by this reflective and wide-ranging book. Examining the full situation, exploring political, military, economic and business spheres, the book provides a deep analysis of how the present confrontation has come about.

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This book, first published in 1984, analyses the institutions and decision-making processes that determined agricultural production in the Soviet Union. It addresses the crisis in Soviet agriculture of the early 1980s, examining the problems of low productivity, adverse natural conditions and an underdeveloped infrastructure.

First published in 1989. Perestroika, it was widely believed, must succeed in agriculture before permanent change could be affected elsewhere in the Soviet economy. But Soviet agriculture had so far remained stubbornly inefficient and resistant to change. In this book Stefan Hedlund investigates the reasons for this state of affairs.

The sudden arrival of massive energy wealth during Putin's long reign has turned Russia's focus to resources, with some good and some very bad results. Considering why the good - a windfall of money to pay debts and put the country's finances in order - has been so overshadowed by the bad - resource dependence, reliance on rents, and unbridled corruption - Stefan Hedlund explores the many dimensions of Russia's energy policies and politics.

Russia's "Market" Economy is a seminal account of Russia's transition to the market, it torturous development as a fledging market economy through the 1990's, right through to its spectacular collapse in August 1998.

This book investigates cases in which national and international activities have gone massively wrong, entailing seriously negative consequences.

This book investigates cases in which national and international activities have gone massively wrong, entailing seriously negative consequences.

Russia's transition to a market economy has been tortuous to say the least. However, this book argues that the arguments and counter-arguments that pitch shock therapy against gradualism are wide of the mark and quite pointless.Indeed, the reasons for the warped outcomes can actually be traced back through the long sweep of Russian history. Decisions made in the distant past can fully influence policy- making in the present. Hedlund's thesis c...

Russia's transition to a market economy has been tortuous to say the least. In this book, Stefan Hedlund argues that the reasons for this can actually be traced back through the long sweep of Russian history.