An edition of Money sings (1995)

Money sings

the changing politics of urban space in post-Soviet Yaroslavl

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An edition of Money sings (1995)

Money sings

the changing politics of urban space in post-Soviet Yaroslavl

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The politics surrounding the use of urban space exposes the interaction of economic, physical, social, and political factors shaping contemporary society. This exposure is especially revealing when focused on a single community during a period of dramatic transformation. Money Sings explores the sweeping reorganization of Russian life during the initial post-Soviet era (August 1991-December 1993) by examining the politics of property in a Russian "Middletown," the historic industrial city of Yaroslavl.

Located on the banks of the Volga 150 miles northeast of Moscow, post-Soviet Yaroslavl reveals what can happen to a city when money suddenly takes on meaning. Bureaucratic battles over property, plans for suburbs to be built on collective farms, major court battles, discredited local officials, and environmental disasters add texture to abstract notions about transitions to a market economy and political democracy.

The politics of urban space - what a city looks like and how it functions - explodes in Yaroslavl as local officials wrest power from central authorities, and those who control money subvert formal planning procedures that once favored privilege and bureaucratic status.

This volume, which details housing privatization, historic preservation, and urban planning, demonstrates important lessons about the bureaucratic and political dynamics of systemic change in post-Soviet Russia, the economic transition to the market, and the importance of economic factors in shaping the contemporary city.

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Money Sings: The Changing Politics of Urban Space in Post-Soviet Yaroslavl (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)
April 20, 2006, Cambridge University Press
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Money sings: the changing politics of urban space in post-Soviet Yaroslavl
1995, Woodrow Wilson Center Press, Cambridge University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-151) and index.

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Washington, D.C, Cambridge [England], New York
Series
Woodrow Wilson Center series

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
307.1/2/0947
Library of Congress
HT169.R82 I167 1995

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 158 p. :
Number of pages
158

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1114770M
Internet Archive
moneysingschangi0000rubl
ISBN 10
0521482429
LCCN
94040751
OCLC/WorldCat
503363882
Library Thing
5108148
Goodreads
2169526

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Privatization of housing is essential to ending the dependency of citizen on state, a hallmark of the Soviet regime.
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