{"product_id":"imagined-economies-the-sources-of-russian-regionalism-paperback-9780521534734","title":"Imagined Economies; The Sources of Russian Regionalism (Paperback) 9780521534734","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eImagined Economies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Sources of Russian Regionalism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book analyses the economics of regional sovereignty movements in the Russian Federation from 1990–1993.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eYoshiko M. Herrera (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521534734, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 26 March 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages, 4 b\/w illus.  3 maps  37 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.7 x 15 x 1.8 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… a valuable tool for students and researchers alike interested in gaining further insight into the complexities that govern federal relations in Russia.' Political Studies Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book examines the economic bases of regional sovereignty movements in the Russian Federation from 1990–1993. The analysis is based on an original data set of Russian regional sovereignty movements and the author employs a variety of methods including quantitative statistical analysis, as well as qualitative case studies of Sverdlovsk and Samara oblasts using systematic content analysis of local newspaper articles. The central finding of the book is that variation in Russian regional activism is explained not by differences in economic conditions but by differences in the construction or imagination of economic interests; to put it in the language of other contemporary debates, economic advantage and disadvantage are as imagined as nations.  In arguing that regional economic interests are inter-subjective, contingent, and institutionally specific, the book addresses a major question in political economy, namely the origin of economic interests. In addition, by engaging the nationalism literature, the book expands the constructivist paradigm to the development of economic interests.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables\u003cbr\u003e List of figures and maps\u003cbr\u003e List of acronyms\u003cbr\u003e Note on transliteration\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Regionalism in the Russian Federation: theories and evidence\u003cbr\u003e 2. Imagined economies: constructivist political economy and nationalism\u003cbr\u003e 3. Breaking the Soviet doxa: perestroika, rasstroika, and the evolution of regionalism\u003cbr\u003e 4. To each his own: the development of heterogeneous regional understandings and interests in Russia\u003cbr\u003e 5. Imagined economies in Samara and Sverdlovsk: differences in regional understandings of the economy\u003cbr\u003e 6. Regional understandings of the economy and sovereignty: the economic basis of the movement for a Urals Republic\u003cbr\u003e 7. Regional understandings, institutional context, and the development of the movement for a Urals Republic\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix tables\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46019794534680,"sku":"9780521534734","price":29.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521534734i_b60c4a0e-b2f9-4825-b6bf-1a372887ce73.jpg?v=1691369233","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/imagined-economies-the-sources-of-russian-regionalism-paperback-9780521534734","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}