The Economics of Soviet Breakup (Routledge Studies of Societies in Transition)

Van Selm, Bert

ISBN 10: 0415148324 / ISBN 13: 9780415148320

Published by Routledge, 2002

About this Item

Seller Inventory # I-9780415148320

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Economics of Soviet Breakup (Routledge Studies of Societies in Transition)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415148324
• ISBN 13: 9780415148320
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

This book analyzes the effects of the break-up of the Soviet Union into fifteen independent states. Topics discussed include: * past and present economic relations between the republics, and forecasts for the future * discussion of Customs Unions, Monetary Union or Payments Union as possible ways forward for these states * economic integration theory * how the states of the Soviet Union functioned before the dissolution.

About the Author

Bert van Selm is a Lecturer at the Institute of East European Law and Russian Studies, University of Leiden. He has written numerous journal articles on the economics of the Soviet break-up, and has travelled widely through the former USSR.