Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Note on Transliteration and Sources xviii
6. Glossary xix
7. Part One: Policy Design and Legislative Context
8. 1. Russia’s Contemporary Land Reform: An Overview 3
9. 2. Politics and Property Rights in the Soviet Period 28
10. 3. Politics and Property Rights in the Yeltsin Period, 1992–99 51
11. 4. Politics and Property Rights in the Putin Period and Beyond 77
12. Part Two: Behavioral Responses
13. 5. Rural Households’ Land Holdings, Enlargement, and Rental 107
14. 6. The Effects of Land Reform: Stratification and Class Development 138
15. 7. The Effects of Rural Demographics and Labor on Households’ Land 164
16. 8. The Regional Impact on Households’ Land 191
17. 9. Russia’s Contemporary Land Reform: An Assessment 216
18. Appendix A: Selected Governmental Acts Concerning Land Reform in the USSR and the RSFSR, 1990–91 231
19. Appendix B: Selected Governmental Acts Concerning Land Reform in the Russian Federation, 1992–2006 233
20. Appendix C: The Post-Soviet Land Code 237
21. Appendix D: Survey Methodology and Description of Villages, 1995–2006 251
22. Notes 267
23. Index 329