In this unique contribution to economic sociology, Jeffrey Hass examines the impact of culture, norms and political authority on Russia's post-socialist transition. The interactions and contradictions of moral economies and market relations are examined, exploring the often overlooked social dimension to market-building in Russia.

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JEFFREY HASS Associate Professor in sociology at the University of Richmond, Virginia, USA. He studies and teaches social change, political and economic sociology, post-socialism, culture, power and social theory in Russia and Europe. He has published several works on post-socialism and economic change and is currently examining norms and practices of wartime survival during the Blockade of Leningrad in World War II.

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Introduction Culture and Post-Socialism: The Moral Economy of Market Building PART I: VOICES FROM BELOW: MORAL AND MARKET ECONOMIES AT PLAY Moral versus Market Economies: Remaking the Post-Soviet Firm Moral and Market Economies Meet: Remaking Exchange PART II: RETHINKING NARRATIVES OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF CAPITALISM Contradictions of Post-Socialist Value: Moral Economy of Money A Tsar is Born? A Moral Economy of the Post-Soviet State Rethinking the Post-Soviet Experience Twenty Years On