Overview

This volume reviews change in agricultural and rural life since 1990 through historical, political, sociological, and anthropological investigation. The contributors' interest is not so much in agriculture itself but in agrarian issues such as the relationship between rural interests and changing Russian institutions, the economic and social organization of rural households, and the quality of life in rural families and villages.

Full Product Details

Author:   David J. O'Brien ,  Stephen K. Wegren
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.748kg
ISBN:  

9780801869600

ISBN 10:   0801869609
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   19 June 2002
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

ContentsIntroduction Adaptation and Change: Old Problems, New Approaches, Stephen K. Wegren and David J. O'BrienPart One Adaptation of Russian Agriculture to a Market Economy1. Entrepreneurship and the Siberian Peasant Commune in Late Imperial Russia, Igor V. Volgine2. The Impact of Land Reform on the Rural Population, Zvi Lerman3. Spatial Contrasts and the Potential for Agricultural Revival, Grigory Ioffe and Tatyana Nefedova 4. Change in Land Relations: The Russian Land Market, Stephen K. Wegren and Vladimir R. Belen'kiy5. Rural Household Behavior, 1991-2001, Valeri V. PatsiorkovskiPart Two Sources and Nature of Opposition to Change6. The Cultural Dimension: Social Organization and the Metaphysics of Exchange, Margaret L. Paxson7. Contemporary Agrarian Reforms in a Russian Historical Context, David Macey8. Human Capital and Income Inequality, Dennis J. Donahue9. Communal Coherence and Barriers to Reform, Liesl L. Gambold Miller10. The Ethnic Dimension of Adaptation and Change, Christopher Marsh and James W. Warhola11. What Turns the Kolkhoz into a Firm? Regional Policies and the Elasticity of Budget Constraint, Maria Amelina12. Reorganization and Its Discontents: A Case Study in Voronezh Oblast, Jessica Allina-PisanoPart Three Household and Village Adaptation to Change13. Adapting to Neglect: The Russian Peasant in the 1990s, Ethel Dunn14. Entrepreneurial Adaptations of Rural Households: Production, Sales, and Income, David J. O'Brien15. Adaptation Strategies of Agricultural Enterprises during Transformation, Zemfira Kalugina16. How Much Does Informal Support Matter? The Effect of Personal Networks on Subjective Evaluation of Life, Larry D. Dershem

Reviews

<p> An important collection on the rural economy and society in the Russian transition with contributions by leading scholars. -- Carol Scott Leonard, Agricultural History Review

Author Information

David J. O'Brien is a professor of rural sociology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Stephen K. Wegren is an associate professor of political science at Southern Methodist University.

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