Politics and economy in contemporary Russia: A conflict at the crossroads

Politics and economy in contemporary Russia: a conflict at the crossroads presents a recent discussion among a group of leading Russia's experts in sociology and conflict studies. The debate had centered at following issues: Does the current economic development of the country drift in the right direction or the governments' course should be seriously corrected? What was the core of the original reforms idea? What is the social base for the recent economic change? How does come to surface the clash of economic transformations subjects? What is the role of political elites in bringing about and overcoming the current crisis of Russia's economy?