This is a long radio interview, but it is worth listening to.
(You should slide forward to minute 4:00)
There is a good argument about why most Russians have been generally passive since the 1991 despite the disaster of the 1990s, and how consent has been gained.
However, it is not clear/elaborated why Russian capitalism remained weak and could not develop a strong competitive capitalist economy or why the Russian capitalist class did not embank on such a project.
Russia Beyond Putin
by Tony Wood
(You should slide forward to minute 4:00)
There is a good argument about why most Russians have been generally passive since the 1991 despite the disaster of the 1990s, and how consent has been gained.
However, it is not clear/elaborated why Russian capitalism remained weak and could not develop a strong competitive capitalist economy or why the Russian capitalist class did not embank on such a project.
Russia Beyond Putin
by Tony Wood
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