Post-Soviet Social: Neoliberalism, Social Modernity, Biopolitics

320 Pages·2011·4.98 MB·English

by  Stephen J. Collier

Post-Soviet Social

Post-Soviet Social
NEOLIBERALISM, SOCIAL MODERNITY,
BIOPOLITICS
Stephen J. Collier
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Collier, Stephen J.
Post-Soviet social : neoliberalism, social modernity, biopolitics / Stephen J. Collier,
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-691-14830-4 (hardcover : alk. paper)—
ISBN 978-0-691-14831-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Russia (Federation)—Economic policy—1991- 2. Neoliberalism—
Russia (Federation) 3. Biopolitics—Russia (Federation)
4. Post-communism—Economic aspects—Russia (Federation) I. Title.
HC340.12.C647 2011
330.947—dc22 2010048983
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Contents
List of Illustrations and Tables ix
Preface: Formal and Substantive xi
Acknowledgments xv
Chapter One
Introduction: Post-Soviet, Post-Social? 1
P art I: Soviet Social Modernity 31
Chapter Two
The Birth of Soviet Biopolitics 3 9
Chapter Three
City-building 65
Chapter Four
City-building in Belaya Kalitva 84
Chapter Five
Consolidation, Stagnation, Breakup 108
P art II: Neoliberalism and Social Modernity 127
Chapter Six
Adjustment Problems 139
Chapter Seven
Budgets and Biopolitics: On Substantive Provisioning
and Formal Rationalization 162
Chapter Eight
The Intransigence of Things 202
Epilogue
An Ineffective Controversy 245
Notes 253
References 279
Index 299

Illustrations and Tables
Illustrations
Figure 1.1. Belaya Kalitva, Rostov oblast’ 4
Figure 1.2. A Complex Field of Problematizations 15
Figure P.l. “Tomorrow—Sunny Cities!” 32
Figure 4.1. Map of Belaya Kalitva 98-99
Figure 4.2. Enterprise-Centric Social Modernity 101
Figure P.2. Pipes 128
Figure 7.1. Soviet and Post-Soviet Gap Filling 171
Figure 7.2. Buchanan’s Conception of Fiscal Equity 181
Figure 8.1. Bundling and Re-bundling Social Modernity 210
Tables
Table 2.1. Formations of Tsarist and Soviet Government 41
Table 2.2. Genetic versus Teleological Planning 57
Table 3.1. Population and Norm in Liberal and
Soviet Social Modernity 67
Table 4.1. Population Calculations—Belaya Kalitva General Plan 91
Table 5.1. Size Structure of Russian Cities 263
Table 6.1. An Adjustment Scenario 154
Table 8.1. Russia: Cold and Centralized 212
Table 8.2. Heat Payments in Rodniki 274