Collapse of an empire : lessons for modern Russia /
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| Uniform title: | Gibelʹ imperii. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Russian |
| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2007] |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- I. The 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
- II. Authoritarian Regimes: The Causes of Instability
- Challenges in the Early Stages of Modern Economic Growth and Authoritarianism
- The Instability of Authoritarian Regimes
- Mechanisms of the Collapse of Authoritarianism
- III. 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
- IV. 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
- V. 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
- VI. Development of the Crisis in 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
- VII. On the Path to State Bankruptcy
- The Grain Problem
- Prices Skyrocket
- Money and the Fate of the Empire
- VIII. The Fall
- The Political Economy of the Failed Coup
- Political Death Throes
- Political Disintegration: Economic Consequences
- A Civilized Divorce
- Afterword
- Notes
- Index