Author Description

Product Description This book explores the operating mechanisms of the Russian economy in a comparative perspective, and offers fascinating insights into how a socio-economic infrastructure has been created which continues to exert an influence on modern-day Russia and limits its development. About the Author HANS VAN ZON is a Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Sunderland, UK. His publications include "The Political Economy of Independent Ukraine," "The Future of Industry in Central and Eastern Europe," "Alternative Scenarios for Central Europe," "Central European Industry in the Information Age" (with Dillon, Hausner and Kwiecinska), and "Social and Economic Change in Eastern Ukraine: The Example of Zaporizhzhya" (with Batako and Kreslavska).