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THE ROLE OF INFORMAL ECONOMIES IN THE POST-SOVIET WORLD
THE END OF TRANSITION? |
| By: |
Peter Rodgers, John Round, Colin C. Williams |
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Hardback |
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£150.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0415567211 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780415567213 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
23 May, 2013 |
| Series: |
Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy |
| Pages: |
264 |
| Description: |
Challenges the accepted notion that the transition from the command economy to market based systems is complete across the post-Soviet space. Based on research, conducted in Ukraine and Russia between 2004 - 2007, this book states that the economies that operate across post-Soviet spaces are far from the textbook idea of a market economy. |
| Synopsis: |
Based on extensive ethnographic and quantitative research, conducted in Ukraine and Russia between 2004 and 2012, this book's central argument is that for many people the informal economy, such as cash in hand work, subsistence production and the use of social networks, is of great importance to everyday life. Formal work is both a facilitator of such processes and is often supported by them, as people can only afford to undertake low paid formal work as a result of their informal incomes. By looking at the informal nature of formal work and practices, informal practices, gift giving, volunteer work and the economies of the household the book is one of the first to give an overview of the nature of the informal economy in all spheres of everyday practice. |
| Illustrations: |
11 black & white illustrations, 39 black & white tables, 11 black & white |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Routledge |
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Returnable |