CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2022
| Author | Pudovkin, Evgeny |
|---|---|
| Title | Just How Special Is Russia? Defining The Model Of Russian Political Economy |
| Summary | This essay investigates the path of Russia’s political development during the post-Soviet period. It proposes that the system of Russian political economy is characterised not by the reversion of the socio-economic system that had been built during the 1990s and early 2000s but by its consolidation and adaptation to the new conditions found in a post-socialist developing economy. In terms of comparative perspective, two observations concerning Russia stand out. First, Russia experienced considerable political backsliding on a greater scale than post-socialist countries in Eastern Europe. Second, Russian model of political economy deviates from the parameters of other developing countries of comparable size and GDP per capita in a significant but not a dramatic fashion. While the impetus for consolidation of Russian authoritarian model has many parallels to the search of avoiding the middle-income trap, Russia demonstrates a degree of exceptionalism due to its focus on enhancing military capabilities and geopolitical goals. |
| Supervisor | Laszlo Csaba |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2022/pudovkin_evgeny.pdf |
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