Collapse of an empire (Record no. 84614)

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control field ebr10224508
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control field CaPaEBR
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007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION
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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
Canceled/invalid LC control number 2007033505
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Canceled/invalid ISBN 9780815731146 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Canceled/invalid ISBN 0815731140 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency CaPaEBR
Transcribing agency CaPaEBR
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)614497840
041 1# - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
Language code of original rus
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE
Geographic area code e-ru---
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050 14 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number DK510.763
Item number .G34913 2007eb
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 947.085
Edition number 22
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ga�idar, E. T.
Fuller form of name (Egor Timurovich)
240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title <a href="Gibel&#xFFFD; imperii.">Gibel&#xFFFD; imperii.</a>
Language of a work English
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Collapse of an empire
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title lessons for modern Russia /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Yegor Gaidar ; translated by Antonina W. Bouis.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Washington, D.C. :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Brookings Institution Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. c2007.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xviii, 332 p. :
Other physical details ill.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-314) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note The grandeur and the fall of empires -- Modern economic growth and the era of empires -- Crisis and the dismantling of overseas empires -- Problems of dissolving territorially integrated empires -- The yugoslav tragedy -- Authoritarian regimes: the causes of instability -- Challenges in the early stages of modern economic growth and authoritarianism -- The instability of authoritarian regimes -- Mechanics of the collapse of authoritarianism -- The oil curse -- The Spanish prologue -- Resource wealth and economic development -- Specifics of the oil market -- Regulating the oil market in the twentieth century -- Challenges related to price fluctuations of commodities: Mexico and Venezuela -- In search of a way out: a response to the dangers of unstable commodity pricing -- Cracks in the foundation: the Soviet Union in the early 1980s -- Growing problems and bad decisions -- Food supply problems -- Food shortages-a strategic challenge -- The USSR as the largest importer of food -- Oil in Western Siberia: the illusion of salvation -- A drop in oil prices: the final blow -- The collapse of the USSR: the unexpected becomes the rule -- The political economy of external shocks -- Deteriorating conditions for foreign trade: political alternatives -- The ussr and the drop in oil prices: the essence of the choice -- A series of mistakes -- Mounting problems in the soviet economy -- The hard currency crisis -- Economic and political liberalization against the background of the hard currency and financial problems -- Development of the crisis of the socialist system -- Political credits -- The price of compromise -- The crisis of the empire and the nationality question -- Loss of control over the economic and political situation -- The currency crisis -- From crisis to catastrophe -- "Extraordinary efforts" instead of reforms -- On the brink of default -- On the path to state bankruptcy -- The grain problem -- Prices skyrocket -- Money and the fate of the empire -- The fall -- The political economy of the failed coup -- Political death throes -- Political disintegration: economic consequences -- A civilized divorce.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "Uses world history, the Soviet experience, and economic analysis to demonstrate why Russian nostalgia for empire could lead to repeating past strategies that result in instability, leaving Russia vulnerable to economic downturns"--Provided by publisher.
533 ## - REPRODUCTION NOTE
Type of reproduction Electronic reproduction.
Place of reproduction Palo Alto, Calif. :
Agency responsible for reproduction ebrary,
Date of reproduction 2013.
Note about reproduction Available via World Wide Web.
-- Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Authoritarianism
Geographic subdivision Russia (Federation)
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Russia (Federation)
General subdivision Politics and government
Chronological subdivision 1991-
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Soviet Union
General subdivision Politics and government
Chronological subdivision 1985-1991.
655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
Source of term local
710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element ebrary, Inc.
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/welingkar/Doc?id=10224508">http://site.ebrary.com/lib/welingkar/Doc?id=10224508</a>
Public note An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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