Agrarian Reform in Russia: The Road from Serfdom by Carol S. Leonard (English) H

Description: Agrarian Reform in Russia by Carol S. Leonard This book on Russia examines the history of reforms and state interventions affecting agriculture. It looks at the reform process in a crisis and analyzes the short-run effects of economic adversity. It also examines agricultural production and rural institutions in the long run from 1861 to the present. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book examines the history of reforms and major state interventions affecting Russian agriculture: the abolition of serfdom in 1861, the Stolypin reforms, the NEP, the Collectivization, Khrushchev reforms, and finally farm enterprise privatization in the early 1990s. It shows a pattern emerging from a political imperative in imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet regimes, and it describes how these reforms were justified in the name of the national interest during severe crises - rapid inflation, military defeat, mass strikes, rural unrest, and/or political turmoil. It looks at the consequences of adversity in the economic environment for rural behavior after reform and at long-run trends. It has chapters on property rights, rural organization, and technological change. It provides a new database for measuring agricultural productivity from 1861 to 1913 and updates these estimates to the present. This book is a study of the policies aimed at reorganizing rural production and their effectiveness in transforming institutions. Author Biography Dr Carol S. Leonard is a Fellow of St Antonys College, Oxford, and University Lecturer, University of Oxford. She is the author of Reform and Regicide: The Reign of Peter III (1993) and numerous scholarly articles. She is also the editor of Microeconomic Change in Central and Eastern Europe (2002) and the co-editor of Agrarian Organization during Industrialization: Europe, Russia and America in the Nineteenth Century (1989) (with George Grantham). She has also served as the US Treasury economic and budget advisor for agriculture to the Russian Ministry of Finance and as a consultant for the Harvard Institute for International Development Macroeconomic Unit in Kyiv, Ukraine, and the National Bank of Kazakhstan. She has taught public sector economics at the St Petersburg School of Management and the economics of science and technology for the graduate program in management and innovation at the Eurasian National University in Astana. Table of Contents Part I. Dilemmas of Agrarian Reform in Russia: 1. Imperial reform, 1861–1913; 2. The NEP and Soviet era reforms, 1921–89; 3. Transition agrarian reform, 1991–2008; Part II. Russian Law and Rural Organization, 1861–2008: 4. Property rights reform; 5. Rural organization and entrepreneurship; Part. III. Russian Agricultural Performance, 1861–2008: 6. Technology and farming culture; 7. The productivity of Russian agriculture; Conclusion; Appendices. Review This book is rich and informative, placing agrarian reforms in a full macroeconomic context and allowing them to be understood as part of the history of Russian transitions. This is a must-read. Brigitte Granville, Queen Mary, University of LondonThere isnt another book on the market that succeeds in the ambitious goal of tying Russian agricultural reform to economic performance over more than 150 years. The conclusion that the positive effects of reform are only evident over a long period of time carries important policy implications. Paul R. Gregory, University of HoustonAgrarian Reform in Russia: The Road from Serfdom is a broad-reaching, ambitious survey and analysis of agricultural change and reform in Russia from the emancipation of 1861 to the present day … Anyone interested in the fascinating debate on the rural communes origin, development, functioning, and legacy, and its role in maintaining tradition as well as facilitating change, will find this book an excellent starting place. Revolutionary RussiaAn impressive book … packed with detail. Slavonic and East European ReviewThis is a richly-textured book, and it includes significant statistical evidence, especially relating to agricultural performance between 1861 and 1911. Its themes are illuminated by the authors own experience as an advisor to the Russian government on agricultural policy in the 1990s and Leonards work is not simply a piece of historical scholarship, but offers broad observations on the nature of Agrarian policy making in Russia. Peter Waldron, European History Quarterly Promotional This book on Russia examines historical reforms and interventions affecting agriculture and assesses their impact on the rural economy. Review Quote "This book is rich and informative, placing agrarian reforms in a full macroeconomic context and allowing them to be understood as part of the history of Russian transitions. This is a must-read." - Brigitte Granville, Queen Mary, University of London Promotional "Headline" This book on Russia examines historical reforms and interventions affecting agriculture and assesses their impact on the rural economy. Description for Bookstore This book on Russia examines the history of reforms and state interventions affecting agriculture. It looks at the reform process in a crisis and analyzes the short-run effects of economic adversity. It also examines agricultural production and rural institutions in the long run from 1861 to the present. Description for Library This book on Russia examines the history of reforms and state interventions affecting agriculture. It looks at the reform process in a crisis and analyzes the short-run effects of economic adversity. It also examines agricultural production and rural institutions in the long run from 1861 to the present. Details ISBN0521858496 Short Title AGRARIAN REFORM IN RUSSIA Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 0521858496 ISBN-13 9780521858496 Media Book Format Hardcover Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle The Road from Serfdom Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 25 b/w illus. 8 maps 37 tables Author Carol S. Leonard Affiliation St Antonys College, Oxford Position Dr UK Release Date 2010-12-06 AU Release Date 2010-12-06 NZ Release Date 2010-12-06 Pages 416 Year 2010 Publication Date 2010-12-06 Alternative 9780511780639 DEWEY 333.3147 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168646491;

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