The International Economic Crisis and the Post-Soviet States
At first, it seemed as if the international financial crisis that broke out in 2008 would have little effect in Russia and the other post-Soviet states. But, by the end of the year, growth was slowing, banks were reluctant to lend, share values had collapsed and unemployment was rising inexorably. The stability of the Putin leadership, it appeared, had been built on the turnaround in economic performance that it had managed to achieve over more than a decade. How would it cope with a sudden reversal? In Ukraine, living standards fell even more sharply. In Belarus, there were fewer obvious signs of economic difficulty, but it could hardly be unaffected by the performance of its major trading partners.
Drawing on a wide range of evidence, an international group of scholars address the impact of the international financial crisis in the post-Soviet states and the continuing implications of the crisis for these countries themselves and for the wider world.
This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, now known as East European Politics.
Valentina Feklyunina is a Lecturer in Politics in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University. Her most recent publications include Russias Authoritarian Elections (co authored with Stephen White and others, Routledge, 2011).
Stephen White is James Bryce Professor of Politics at the University of Glasgow, and holds visiting appointments at the Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center and the Institute of Applied Politics in Moscow. His recent publications include Understanding Russian Politics (Cambridge, 2011).
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The chapters in this book were originally published in the Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, volume 27, issue 34 (September 2011). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:
Valentina Feklyunina and Stephen White
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, volume 27, issue 34 (September 2011) pp. 335337
Contrasting Responses to the International Economic Crisis of 20082010 in the 11 CIS Countries and in the 10 Post-Communist EU Member Countries
Robert Bideleux
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, volume 27, issue 34 (September 2011) pp. 338363
Micro-economic Responses to a Macro-economic Crisis: A Pan-European Perspective
Richard Rose
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, volume 27, issue 34 (September 2011) pp. 364384
Discourses of Krizis: Economic Crisis in Russia and Regime Legitimacy
Valentina Feklyunina and Stephen White
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, volume 27, issue 34 (September 2011) pp. 385406
The Tandem and the Crisis
Olga Kryshtanovskaya
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, volume 27, issue 34 (September 2011) pp. 407419
How Did the Russian Population Respond to the Global Financial Crisis?
Elizabeth Teague
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, volume 27, issue 34 (September 2011) pp. 420433
Russian Patrimonial Capitalism and the International Financial Crisis
Neil Robinson
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, volume 27, issue 34 (September 2011) pp. 434455
Russia: Crisis, Exit and Reform?
Philip Hanson
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, volume 27, issue 34 (September 2011) pp. 456475
Democratization in Russia and the Global Financial Crisis
Ian McAllister and Stephen White
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, volume 27, issue 34 (September 2011) pp. 476495
The International Economic Crisis and the 2010 Presidential Elections in Ukraine
Marko Bojcun
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, volume 27, issue 34 (September 2011) pp. 496519
Ukraines Foreign Policy Choices after the 2010 Presidential Election
Elena Kropatcheva
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, volume 27, issue 34 (September 2011) pp. 520540
The Great Slump of 20089 and Ukraines Integration with the European Union
Richard Connolly and Nathaniel Copsey
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, volume 27, issue 34 (September 2011) pp. 541565
Belarusian Foreign Policy in a Time of Crisis
Elena Korosteleva
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, volume 27, issue 34 (September 2011) pp. 566586
The Impact of Economic Crisis: Russia, Belarus and Ukraine in Comparative Perspective
David Lane
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, volume 27, issue 34 (September 2011) pp. 587604
Russia and China: Against the Storm
Mikhail Korostikov
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics
