TY  - BOOK
AU  - Remington,Thomas F.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - The politics of inequality in Russia
AV  - HC340.12.Z9 I5162 2011eb
U1  - 339.2/20947 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge [England], New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Income
KW  - Russia (Federation)
KW  - Income distribution
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Wealth
KW  - Equality
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - "This book investigates the relationship between the character of political regimes in Russia's subnational regions and the structure of earnings and income. Based on extensive data from Russian official sources and surveys conducted by the World Bank, the book shows that income inequality is higher in more pluralistic regions. It argues that the relationship between firms and government differs between more democratic and more authoritarian regional regimes. In more democratic regions, business firms and government have more cooperative relations, restraining the power of government over business and encouraging business to invest more, pay more, and report more of their wages. Average wages are higher in more democratic regions and poverty is lower, but wage and income inequality are also higher. The book argues that the rising inequality in postcommunist Russia reflects the inability of a weak state to carry out a redistributive social policy"--
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10476530
ER  -