Neoliberalism and the Russian transition

Russia's Postcolonial Identity

“…The latter point is contradicted by Peter Rutland (2013), who argues that the reforms deviated from the neo-liberal orthodoxy where it fitted the self-interest of the ruling elites. Either way, the transition ended up reinstating the traditional model of state-driven development (Robinson 2013: 28-45), while the state again performed the function of a colonising agent -perhaps even more so than under the communist rule (Etkind et al 2012: 30-1).…”

Rethinking Development Space in Emerging Countries: Turkey's Conservative Countermovement

“…Pronounced policy dynamism is observable mainly in China, with its quest for a more sustainable trajectory, and in parts of Latin America, where left governments have combined redistributive policies with a renewed commitment to developmentalism (Grugel and Riggirozzi, ; McNally, ) . Meanwhile most countries have displayed either piecemeal efforts towards reorientation, such as Russia (Rutland, ) or, as in Turkey, a broad persistence of pre‐existing policy paths.…”

Real geographies and virtual landscapes: Exploring the influence on place and space on mortality Lexis surfaces using shaded contour maps

“…This occurred in the early 1990s, after the collapse of the USSR and the rapid economic liberalisation, or 'shock therapy', which followed. (Carlson and Vagero 1998;Marangos 2002Marangos , 2003Rutland 2013) Period effects are apparent in the contour maps primarily through the deeply wound concentric ovals which appear while the world wars were taking place. Different nations were exposed to this during slightly different years and to different magnitudes.…”