Abstract
Beneath the seeming chaos and conflict of Russia's post-socialist experience were structured dynamics of contentious reconstruction of fields (collective relations of power and culture institutionalized as authority and definitions of "normal"). This essay argues that the Russian experience was driven in no small part by contention over remaking core meanings and authority of field relations, practices, and boundaries. Contention over field reconstruction emerged as three groups' interests and taken-for granted meanings of normality collided: those of Soviet-era managers, a new class of financial entrepreneurs and elites, and state elites and officials. Post-socialism has been a story of competing elite culture as well as interests.
Document Type
Book Chapter
ISBN
9785932553817
Publication Date
2013
Publisher Statement
Copyright © Gaidar Institute Press. This chapter first appeared in Al'manakh Tsentra issledovanii ekonomicheskoi kul'tury.
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Recommended Citation
Hass, Jeffrey K. "Political Culture of Post-Soviet Economic Change: The Case of Financial-Industrial Groups." In Al'manakh Tsentra issledovanii ekonomicheskoi kul'tury, edited by D. E. Raskov, 193-209. St. Petersburg: Gaidar Institute Press.