The moral economy reconsidered : Russia's search for agrarian capitalism

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The moral economy reconsidered : Russia's search for agrarian capitalism

Stephen K. Wegren

Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

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

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Sure to be controversial and spur debate, this book presents a powerful analysis of rural change to marketization and globalization. Using Russia as a case study, it examines the how the rural population responded to reform policies during the transition away from communism. Wegren draws upon extensive field work, survey data, interviews, and wide-ranging Russian language source material to investigate adaptive behaviours by different groups of the rural population. The differentiated and nuanced analysis sheds considerable light on debates over whether actors are motivated mainly by rational or moral considerations.

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Russia's Agrarian Question in Historical and Contemporary Context Why Peasants Adapt: Origins of Behavioral Change under Yeltsin How Peasants Adapt: Large Farms and Farm Managers How Peasants Adapt: Rural Households Effects of Adaptation and Sources of Rural Revival Peasants' Moral Economy and Implications for Russia's Agrarian Capitalism

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