| Weapons, Culture, and Self-Interest: Soviet Defense Managers in the New Russia Contributor(s): Zisk, Kimberly (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231110782 ISBN-13: 9780231110785 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $118.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Security (national & International) - Political Science | International Relations - Arms Control - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 338.476 |
| LCCN: 97-26199 |
| Physical Information: 202 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How do powerful people react to revolutionary circumstances? How quickly and effectively do elites adapt to, and shape, the structures of new social and political systems? Zisk offers a detailed examination of the unexpected ways Russian defense industrialists have acted in the new market economy. Bridging the gap between political economy and international security studies, Zisk plunges into the debate of whether rational self-interest or broader cultural norms explain behaviour best. She focuses on three institutions that structured the Russian defense manager's working life in the 1992-95 transition era: the large defence enterprises dating from Soviet times; the webs of political authority spanning both local and national levels; and the newly emerged, market-oriented spin-off firms. |