THE POLITICS OF INEQUALITY IN RUSSIA by Thomas F. Remington ( 9780511973024 )

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THE POLITICS OF INEQUALITY IN RUSSIA

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ISBN 10:

0511973020

ISBN 13:

9780511973024

Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

5 June, 2012

Description:

This book explains why the most nondemocratic regions have the lowest incomes, the lowest inequality and the highest poverty.

Synopsis:

This book investigates the relationship between the character of political regimes in Russia's subnational regions and the structure of earnings and income. Based on extensive data from Russian official sources and surveys conducted by the World Bank, the book shows that income inequality is higher in more pluralistic regions. It argues that the relationship between firms and government differs between more democratic and more authoritarian regional regimes. In more democratic regions, business firms and government have more cooperative relations, restraining the power of government over business and encouraging business to invest more, pay more and report more of their wages. Average wages are higher in more democratic regions and poverty is lower, but wage and income inequality are also higher. The book argues that the rising inequality in postcommunist Russia reflects the inability of a weak state to carry out a redistributive social policy.

Illustrations:

40 b/w illus. 29 tables

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Imprint:

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Returns:

Non-returnable

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