Rural Adaptation in Russia

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-415-70155-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 521 g

The current dominant approach to Russian peasant behaviour emphasizes rural resistance to reform in broad terms, and to the introduction of market forces in particular. Bringing together some of the finest scholars on rural Russia, this groundbreaking volume examines this perception with an analysis of both historical and contemporary patterns of rural adaptation in Russia.

Four articles included analyze peasant responses in the post-Soviet era, and focus on:

* the relationship between poverty and rural adaptation
* the social origins of private farmers in southern Russia and Ukraine
* response patterns by large farms (formerly collective and state farms)
* household adaptation using a standardized set of criteria.

This fascinating book gives an illuminating picture of the ways in which peasants respond to new environmental conditions and stimuli created by reform. The substantive material included draws on fieldwork and survey data collected from rural Russia, from the Stolypin reforms in the pre-Soviet era, and collectivisation of agriculture during the 1930s in the Soviet era.

This book was previously as a special issue of The Journal of Peasant Studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wegren, Stephen K.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politikberatung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Methodenlehre
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. From Communism to Capitalism: Agrarian relations in twentieth century Russia and beyond 2. Reflections on Rural Adaptation at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century: The Stolypin reforms 3. Soviet Peasants and Collectivization, 1930-1939: Resistance and adaptation 4. Poverty and Adaptation in Rural Russia 5. Land Reform and the Social Origins of Private Farmers in Russia and Ukraine 6. Restructuring Postponed? Large Russian farm enterprises 'coping with the market' 7. Household Responses, Regional Diversity, and Contemporary Agrarian Reform in Russia

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen K. Wegren is Professor of Political Science, Southern Methodist University. He has published widely on the politics and economics of post-communist reform in Russia.