Putin’s Energy Agenda: The Contradictions of Russia’s Resource Wealth - Hardcover

Hedlund, Stefan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1626370699 ISBN 13: 9781626370692

Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2014

Synopsis

The sudden arrival of massive energy wealth during Putin’s long reign has turned Russia’s focus to resources, with some good and some very bad results. Considering why the good―a windfall of money to pay debts and put the country’s finances in order―has been so overshadowed by the bad―resource dependence, reliance on rents, and unbridled corruption―Stefan Hedlund explores the many dimensions of Russia’s energy policies and politics.

About this title

About the Author:

Stefan Hedlund is professor of Russian studies at Uppsala University. His recent publications include Invisible Hands, Russian Experience, and Social Science: Approaches to Understanding Systemic Failure and Russian Path Dependence.

Review:

A well-written and highly accessible analysis of Russia’s current political and economic systems with a focus on the development of the energy industry at the heart of both. (Robert Orttung, George Washington University)

An impressive achievement.... Accessible, well organized, and informed by contemporary scholarly debates. (Adam Stulberg, Georgia Institute of Technology)

[A] concise and thoughtful book that warrants a re-visit by a reader who ponders Russia’s predicament. (Pavel Baev The Russian Review)

About this edition

• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1626370699
• ISBN 13: 9781626370692
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 262