Download or read book Socio-Economic Foundations of the Russian Post-Soviet Regime written by Simon Kordonsky and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simon Kordonsky divides the social structure of contemporary Russia into distinct estates or social groups and describes each organization’s unique resource-based political and economic nature. As he guides readers through Russia’s peculiar service and support estate system, Kordonsky reveals how remarkably effective inventing and institutionalizing threats can be in the distribution of scarce resources in a social system of this kind. His book emphasizes the fundamental differences between resource-based economies and traditional risk-based economies and their role in Russia’s future.