Trust, Morality, and Markets: Rethinking Economy and Society via the Russian Case

The spread of contemporary globalized capitalism wrought by the new patterns of industrialization, marketization, and consumerization shapes Russia's recent historical path and developmental possibilities. This book discusses Russia's transformation into a market economy and the role of trust in the creation of new institutions and ways of life. It focuses on the relations between society and economy in a period of turbulent social change and the extraordinary transformation of social practices.