Stephen F. Williams by Liberal Reform in an Illiberal Regime -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Front Cover Book Title Copyright Contents Tables, Figures, and Maps Preface Acknowledgments Introduction

Reform from Above Stolypin: the Man behind the Reforms This Book’s Goals

Chapter 1 - Creating Private Property, Dispersing Power

The Gist of the Reforms Liberal Democracy Property Rights, Civil Society, and Liberal Democracy Transitions to Liberal Democracy Liberalizing Property Rights in Tsarist Russia

Chapter 2 - The Property Rights to Be Reformed

Open Fields Repartition Family v. Individual Tenure The Costs of Open Fields, Repartition, and Family Ownership Post-Emancipation Limits on Exit, Sale, or Exchange Rule Changes on the Eve of the Stolypin Reforms Sociology of the Commune Attitudes Toward Law, Property, and Individual Achievement

Chapter 3 - Peasant Conditions on the Eve of Reform

Trends in Agricultural Productivity Per Capita Peasant Landholdings Peasant and Pomeshchik Productivity Land and Grain Prices; the Peasant Land Bank Tax Burdens A Glimpse of Peasant Life

Chapter 4 - The Politics of Reform

Composition of the First Duma The Pomeshchiki The SRs, the Trudoviki and Other Peasant Representatives The Kadets Use of Article 87 Collateral Reforms

Chapter 5 - Overview of the Reforms

Reform Provisions: a Rough Cut The Results of the Reforms The Flow of Applications Over Time Regional Variation Variations in Size of Holdings Converted or Consolidated

Chapter 6 - Purposes and Pressure: Issues of Reform Design

Red Herrings ‘‘Administrative pressure’’ Biases in Favor of Title Conversion and Consolidation Title Conversion as an Impediment to Consolidation Government Insistence on Form of Consolidation Shortfalls in the Rights Granted

Chapter 7 - The Long-Term Implications

Statutory Appendix Glossary Bibliography Index