Dilemmas of Transition in Post-Soviet Countries

by Moses, Joel C.; Clark, Terry D.; Davis, Patricia; Dombrowski, Peter; Evans, Alfred B.; McMann, Kelly M.; Slider, Darrel; Wegren, Stephen K.

• ISBN13: 9780830415908
• ISBN10: 0830415904
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Exploring the tensions inherent in transition, this perceptive book offers a wide-ranging overview of the impact of democracy and capitalism on the former Soviet republics. Leading scholars assess the region's daunting problems in the key realms of privatization, democratization, foreign investment, agrarian reform, local governance, and market economics. The contributors argue that the central dilemma facing all these fledgling countries is the inherent contradiction between the immediate pursuit of privatization and foreign investment and the long-term policy goal of democratization. Offering both theoretical and comparative perspectives on the far-reaching implications of nation-building and democratic transition, this valuable study will enable both students and scholars to comprehend the unique difficulties of transition.

Table of Contents

Preface	xvii
Dilemmas of Transition in Post-Soviet Countries	1	(30)
Joel C. Moses
The Russian Scenario of 1998-2001	5	(4)
Origins of the Dilemma	9	(5)
Foreign Investment, Privatization, and Democratization	14	(11)
Conclusion	25	(1)
Notes	26	(1)
References	27	(4)
Neoliberalism and Market Reforms in Rural Russia	31	(30)
Stephen K. Wegren
Introduction	31	(2)
The State and the Rural Sector: Conceptual Models	33	(4)
Neoliberalism and Market Reforms	37	(5)
Domestic Wholesale-Food Trade Policy	38	(2)
Purchase Prices	40	(1)
Terms of Trade	41	(1)
Capital Investment Policy	42	(1)
The Consequences of State Withdrawal	42	(3)
Economic Consequences	43	(1)
Social Consequences	44	(1)
The Politics of State Withdrawal	45	(6)
Trends under Putin	51	(1)
Conclusion	52	(2)
Notes	54	(2)
References	56	(5)
Winding Down? International Assistance to the Former Soviet Union	61	(38)
Peter Dombrowski
Patricia Davis
Aid Conditionalities	63	(5)
Geographic	66	(1)
Program Priorities	66	(1)
Timing	67	(1)
Graduation	67	(1)
Conditions on Bilateral Assistance to the Former Soviet Union	68	(23)
Geographic	68	(1)
United States	68	(2)
Germany	70	(4)
European Union	74	(3)
Program Prioritization	77	(1)
United States	77	(2)
Germany	79	(2)
European Union	81	(2)
Timing	83	(1)
United States	83	(1)
Germany	83	(2)
European Union	85	(2)
Graduation	87	(1)
United States	87	(1)
Germany	88	(1)
European Union	89	(2)
International Assistance in the Putin Era	91	(2)
Conclusion	93	(1)
Notes	94	(2)
References	96	(3)
Economic Resources and Political Power at the Local Level in Post-Soviet Russia	99	(28)
Alfred B. Evans, Jr.
Introduction	99	(2)
Local Government in the Soviet Union	101	(2)
Local Government in Post-Soviet Russia	103	(8)
Conclusions	111	(6)
More Recent Trends	117	(3)
Notes	120	(1)
References	121	(6)
Privatization and Democratization in Lithuania: A Case Study of Who Benefits in Siauliai	127	(24)
Terry D. Clark
Who Benefits?	128	(2)
Privatization in Siauliai: The Economic Consequences	130	(3)
Privatization in Siauliai: The Political Consequences	133	(5)
Denial of Voice?	138	(4)
Siauliai's Urban Regime	142	(2)
Siauliai's Urban Regime in the 2000s	144	(2)
Implications for Theory	146	(2)
Notes	148	(1)
References	149	(2)
Do Russia's Regions Really Want Outside Investment? Special Economic Zones and ``Off-Shores'' in Post-Soviet Russia	151	(12)
Darrell Slider
Special Economic Zones in Russia	152	(3)
Internal ``Off-Shores''	155	(2)
Federal Policy Toward Free Economic Zones and Off-Shores	157	(3)
Notes	160	(1)
References	161	(2)
The Personal Risks of Party Development	163	(24)
Kelly M. McMann
Parties in the Post-Soviet Context	164	(1)
Impediments to Party Development: The Activists' Accounts	164	(7)
General Institutional, Cultural, and Economic Obstacles	165	(1)
Institutional Obstacles	165	(2)
Cultural Obstacles	167	(2)
Economic Obstacles	169	(2)
Limited Economic Autonomy	171	(1)
Current Professions	171	(1)
Regional Employment Opportunities	172	(2)
Sources of Economic Autonomy	174	(1)
Samara and Ul'ianovsk	175	(1)
Osh and Naryn	176	(2)
Market Reform and Democratization	178	(4)
Existing Literature	178	(2)
Market Reform and Economic Autonomy	180	(1)
Policy Implications	181	(1)
Notes	182	(3)
References	185	(2)
Contributors	187	(2)
Index	189