{"product_id":"global-finance-local-control-igor-o-logvinenko-9781501759604","title":"Global Finance, Local Control: Corruption and Wealth in Contemporary Russia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring Russia's reentry into global capital markets at the dawn of the twenty-first century, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlobal Finance, Local Control\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e shows how economic integration became deeply entangled with a bare-knuckled struggle for control over the vestiges of the Soviet empire. \u003c\/b\u003eIgor Logvinenko reveals how the post-communist Russian economy became a full-fledged participant in the international financial sector without significantly improving the local rule of law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the end of Vladimir Putin's second presidential term, Russia was more integrated into the global financial system than at any point in the past. However, the country's longstanding deficiencies--including widespread corruption, administration of justice, and an increasingly overbearing state--continued unabated. Scrutinizing stock-market restrictions on foreign ownership during the first fifteen years of Russia's economic transition, Logvinenko concludes that financial internationalization allowed local elites to raise capital from foreign investors while maintaining control over local assets. They legitimized their wealth using Western institutions, but they did so on their terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlobal Finance, Local Control\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a somber lesson about the integration of emerging markets: without strong domestic rule-of-law protections, financial internationalization entrenches oligarchic capitalism and strengthens authoritarian regimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Igor O. Logvinenko\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501759604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501759604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Igor O. Logvinenko","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43991096721663,"sku":"9781501759604","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_65a7210e-4383-4ed1-9287-219e268e50b2.jpg?v=1683308418","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/global-finance-local-control-igor-o-logvinenko-9781501759604","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}