This book examines the political economy of attempts to restructure the Donbass, one of the Soviet Union's most important 'old economy' 'rustbelt' industrial regions. It shows how local interest groups have successfully frustrated the central government's and the World Bank's proposed market-oriented restructuring, and how a manufacturing-based regional economy is surviving, partially, with restructuring postponed.
| ISBN: | 9780415322287 |
| Publication date: | 27th March 2007 |
| Author: | Adam University of Nottingham, UK Swain |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Series: | BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies |
| Genres: |
Regional / International studies Human geography Politics and government Regional geography Industry and industrial studies International economics |