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The history of Russian economic ideas from the sixteenth century to
contemporary times is a fascinating, tumultuous yet neglected topic
among Western scholars. Whilst over the last 15 years increasing
amounts of work has been done on the subject, co-operation between
Russian and Western researchers in this field leaves much to be
desired. In order to improve this situation, this volume unites
Russian and non-Russian researchers together to provide an overview
of the current state of the topic and to give a stimulus for
further research. Bringing together scholars from the UK, Germany,
Japan, Australia, Finland and Russia, the collection puts forward
differing, yet complimentary, perspectives on the long-term history
of Russian economic ideas. Offering a broad collection of articles
covering the period from the seventeenth to the twentieth
centuries, authors have approached the subject from diverse
theoretical angles. Contributions in the tradition of Blaug and
Schumpeter focusing on economic analysis in a narrower sense, and
contributions that - in line with authors like Pribram or
Perlman/McCann - deal with economic thought in the context of
history and culture, are all represented. In terms of content, the
editors have encouraged approaches that represent different
economic traditions in order to encourage a diversity of opinions
on the national development of Russian economics. As such the
volume offers a broad and very relevant assessment of the subject
for both historians and economists alike.
The history of Russian economic ideas from the sixteenth century to
contemporary times is a fascinating, tumultuous yet neglected topic
among Western scholars. Whilst over the last 15 years increasing
amounts of work has been done on the subject, co-operation between
Russian and Western researchers in this field leaves much to be
desired. In order to improve this situation, this volume unites
Russian and non-Russian researchers together to provide an overview
of the current state of the topic and to give a stimulus for
further research. Bringing together scholars from the UK, Germany,
Japan, Australia, Finland and Russia, the collection puts forward
differing, yet complimentary, perspectives on the long-term history
of Russian economic ideas. Offering a broad collection of articles
covering the period from the seventeenth to the twentieth
centuries, authors have approached the subject from diverse
theoretical angles. Contributions in the tradition of Blaug and
Schumpeter focusing on economic analysis in a narrower sense, and
contributions that - in line with authors like Pribram or
Perlman/McCann - deal with economic thought in the context of
history and culture, are all represented. In terms of content, the
editors have encouraged approaches that represent different
economic traditions in order to encourage a diversity of opinions
on the national development of Russian economics. As such the
volume offers a broad and very relevant assessment of the subject
for both historians and economists alike.
In the history of Russian economic ideas, a peculiar mix of
anthropocentrism and holism provided fertile breeding ground for
patterns of thought that were in potential conflict with the
market. These patterns, did not render the emergence of capitalism
in Russia impossible. But they entailed a deep intellectual
division between adherents and opponents of Russia's capitalist
transformation that made Russia's social evolution unstable and
vulnerable to external shocks. This study offers an ideational
explanation of Russia's relative failure to establish a functioning
market economy and thus sets up a new and original perspective for
discussion. In post-Soviet Russia, a clash between imported
foreground ideas and deep domestic background ideas has led to an
ideational division among the elite of the country. Within economic
science, this led to the emergence of two thought collectives, (in
the sense of Ludvik Fleck), with entirely different understandings
of social reality. This ideational division translated into
incoherent policy measures, the emergence of institutional hybrids
and thus, all in all, into institutional instability. Empirically,
the book is based on a systematic, qualitative analysis of the
writings of Soviet/Russian economists between 1987 and 2012. This
groundbreaking book makes an important contribution to Central
Eastern and Eastern European area studies and to the current debate
on ideas and institutions in the social sciences.
In the history of Russian economic ideas, a peculiar mix of
anthropocentrism and holism provided fertile breeding ground for
patterns of thought that were in potential conflict with the
market. These patterns, did not render the emergence of capitalism
in Russia impossible. But they entailed a deep intellectual
division between adherents and opponents of Russia's capitalist
transformation that made Russia's social evolution unstable and
vulnerable to external shocks. This study offers an ideational
explanation of Russia's relative failure to establish a functioning
market economy and thus sets up a new and original perspective for
discussion. In post-Soviet Russia, a clash between imported
foreground ideas and deep domestic background ideas has led to an
ideational division among the elite of the country. Within economic
science, this led to the emergence of two thought collectives, (in
the sense of Ludvik Fleck), with entirely different understandings
of social reality. This ideational division translated into
incoherent policy measures, the emergence of institutional hybrids
and thus, all in all, into institutional instability. Empirically,
the book is based on a systematic, qualitative analysis of the
writings of Soviet/Russian economists between 1987 and 2012. This
groundbreaking book makes an important contribution to Central
Eastern and Eastern European area studies and to the current debate
on ideas and institutions in the social sciences.
Economic Styles in the Process of EU Eastern Enlargement is the
product of a research project on 'The Historical and Cultural Path
Dependence of the Transition Processes in the Baltic Sea Region and
Its Significance for the Enlargement of the European Union.' The
papers collected in this book were presented at the main project
conference which took place on March 31 and April 1, 2006 at the
Hamburg Institute of International Economics.
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