Rethinking the Post Soviet Experience

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

   PDF

2. Introduction: Rethinking the Political Economy of Post-Socialism

   1. Introduction: Rethinking the Political Economy of Post-Socialism

      • Jeffrey Hass

      Pages 1-22

   2. Culture and Post-Socialism: The Moral Economy of Market Building

      • Jeffrey Hass

      Pages 23-56

3. Voices from below: Moral and Market Economies at Play

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-59

      PDF

   2. Moral versus Market Economies in the Post-Soviet Firm

      • Jeffrey Hass

      Pages 61-96

   3. Moral and Market Economies Meet: Remaking Exchange

      • Jeffrey Hass

      Pages 97-130

4. Rethinking Narratives of the Foundations of Capitalism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-133

      PDF

   2. Contradictions of Post-Socialist Value: Moral Economy of Money

      • Jeffrey Hass

      Pages 135-178

   3. A Tsar is Born? A Moral Economy of the Post-Soviet State

      • Jeffrey Hass

      Pages 179-221

   4. Conclusion: Rethinking the Post-Soviet Experience Twenty Years On

      • Jeffrey Hass

      Pages 222-235

5. Back Matter

   Pages 236-277

   PDF

In this unique contribution to economic sociology, Jeffrey Hass examines the impact of culture, norms and political authority on Russia's post-socialist transition. The interactions and contradictions of moral economies and market relations are examined, exploring the often overlooked social dimension to market-building in Russia.

• capitalism
• money
• transition

• University of Richmond, Virginia, US

  Jeffrey Hass

JEFFREY HASS Associate Professor in sociology at the University of Richmond, Virginia, USA. He studies and teaches social change, political and economic sociology, post-socialism, culture, power and social theory in Russia and Europe. He has published several works on post-socialism and economic change and is currently examining norms and practices of wartime survival during the Blockade of Leningrad in World War II.

Policies and ethics