States And Markets: Comparing Japan And Russia

by Guoli Liu

Overview

Initial excitement in the West over the reform of Soviet communism under Gorbachev and then euphoria over the disintegration of the USSR have now been replaced by concern, controversy, and sometimes despair over prospects for democracy and a marlcet economy in the countries of the former Soviet Union. Despair is reflected in the popular joke that the transition from a communist centrally planned economy to a capitalist market economy is like the transition from fiSh soup. to an aquarium. Only time will tell if the aquarium analogy holds water. Meanwhile, as policy makers in Russia and elsewhere in the former Soviet Union grapple with strategies, tactics, and details, scholars and policy advisors continue to debate questions of sequence, timing, and appropriate models.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000313161
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/21/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	165
File size:	482 KB

About the Author

Liu, Guoli

Table of Contents

Foreword /Frederic J. Fleron, Jr. -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The State's Vital Role in Modernization -- 3 Postwar Patterns of State-Market Relations -- 4 Perestroika and the Push Toward Marketization -- 5 The Japanese Model: Limits and Lessons for Russia -- 6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book and Author.