C/P/54. Master's Dissertation. Neoliberalism and Russia political economy today: the international perspective

This work looks at the political economy of Russia today and answers the following questions: What is neoliberalism? (theory and practice); Why did Russia choose neoliberalism?; What were the alternatives?; What were the internal factors that shaped political economy in Russia?; What were the external factors that shaped political economy in Russia?; How loyal were governments to neoliberal policies (practice/theory; internally/externally)?; How does this link to the past? The work is organised as follows: Chapter I looks at neoliberal theory and outlines the difference between practice and theory. Chapter II explains why Russia chose neoliberalism and what alternatives it had. Further it examines the internal factors that affect Russian political economy today. Chapter III describes external factors that affect Russian political economy, while chapter IV analyses internal and external factors that were looked at in the previous chapters. The final part of this work concludes on the findings.