2000, ISBN: 3825851095

[EAN: 9783825851095], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Lit Verlag], RUSSIA; RUSSIAN ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, Scarce paperback, xi + 175pp, NOT ex-library. A good, gently used copy with limited c… More...

[EAN: 9783825851095], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Lit Verlag], RUSSIA; RUSSIAN ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, Scarce paperback, xi + 175pp, NOT ex-library. A good, gently used copy with limited cosmetic wear. Interior is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps. Firm secure binding. Cover shows faint storage marks, a touch of edgewear; spine is uncreased. --- "The book is an outcome of a research project on pawnshops in Saint Petersburg, which took place in 1999/2000 in cooperation with the Center of Independent Social Research. It relates to the function of pawnshops in the life strategies of low-income households. The research investigated different topics with various methods: a reconstruction of the history of Russian pawnshops based on secondary materials and government reports; a description of the current pawnshop landscape in Saint Petersburg based upon secondary material and own information; a questionnaire of 100 pawnshop customers focusing on demographic data of the respondents and their households, the living conditions, the income situation, the importance of pawnshops in their life strategies, the use of credit, alternative sources of credit, defaults, and the like; five pre-structured deep interviews of pawnshop customers who already had lombard experience in Soviet times to work out differences and similarities, as well as the psychological component of pawning; open pre-structured interviews with pawnshop directors on their companies' business, their target group and the pawnshop market; and finally a profile of one successful private firm in the market and the biography of its chairman. In addition to an institutional analysis the book aims at a description of the milieu of pawnshop customers, which is shaped by an ongoing crisis of the Russian economy and society. Heiko Schrader is an economist and sociologist. His present position is Professor for Sociology at the University of Magdeburg and Visiting Professor for Social Anthropology at the State University of Saint Petersburg. He published extensively on development sociology and social anthropology." -- Contents: Introduction; 1. On Pawnshops: - The Institution - The Customers - The Origin of Pawnshops; 2. The History of Pawnshops in Russia and Saint Petersburg: - Development of the Lombard Market in Russia and Saint Petersburg before the Revolution of 1917 - Soviet Lombard Houses as an Element of "Household Service of the Population" - After Perestroika - Lombard Houses in Moscow; 3. The Present Lombard Landscape in Saint Petersburg: - Lombard Market - A Brief Description of Different Lombard Houses - Pawning Regulations - Test Pawning; 4. Data Analysis of the Questionnaires: - Preliminary Remarks - Demographic Data of the Respondents - Demographic Data of the Partners - Household Structure and Income Situation - Household and the Lombard House - Summary of the Questionnaire's Findings; 5. Guided Deep Interviews with Lombard Customers: - Precarious Life Situations - Practical Side of Using Lombard Services - Initial "Complexes" and Stereotype Views of a Lombard and Getting Adapted to Using its Services - Changes in the Informants' Financial Standing; 6. Analysis of the Interviews of the Directors of Three Lombard Houses: - Preliminary Remarks - Companies' History and Present Condition - Objectives of the Lombards - Directors' Relation to One Another and Other Lombard Firms - Clientele - Influence of the Crisis of August 17, 1998 on Lombard Business and the Clients; 7. The History of a Pawnshop and Its Chairman's Biography: - Basic Information - Biography of Nikolai V. Bobrov and United Lombard - United Lombard Franchising System - Buy-and-Sell System - Technical Equipment, Accounting and Advertisement - Perspectives of the Company - Comments; 8. The Interregional Pawnbrokers Association in Russia; 9. Summary and Conclusion; Appendix; Literature: - References in English and German Language - References in Russian Language, Books<

2000, ISBN: 9783825851095

Lit Verlag, 2000. Soft cover. Good. Scarce paperback, xi + 175pp, NOT ex-library. A good, gently used copy with limited cosmetic wear. Interior is clean and bright with unmarked text, f… More...

Lit Verlag, 2000. Soft cover. Good. Scarce paperback, xi + 175pp, NOT ex-library. A good, gently used copy with limited cosmetic wear. Interior is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps. Firm secure binding. Cover shows faint storage marks, a touch of edgewear; spine is uncreased. --- "The book is an outcome of a research project on pawnshops in Saint Petersburg, which took place in 1999/2000 in cooperation with the Center of Independent Social Research. It relates to the function of pawnshops in the life strategies of low-income households. The research investigated different topics with various methods: a reconstruction of the history of Russian pawnshops based on secondary materials and government reports; a description of the current pawnshop landscape in Saint Petersburg based upon secondary material and own information; a questionnaire of 100 pawnshop customers focusing on demographic data of the respondents and their households, the living conditions, the income situation, the importance of pawnshops in their life strategies, the use of credit, alternative sources of credit, defaults, and the like; five pre-structured deep interviews of pawnshop customers who already had lombard experience in Soviet times to work out differences and similarities, as well as the psychological component of pawning; open pre-structured interviews with pawnshop directors on their companies' business, their target group and the pawnshop market; and finally a profile of one successful private firm in the market and the biography of its chairman. In addition to an institutional analysis the book aims at a description of the milieu of pawnshop customers, which is shaped by an ongoing crisis of the Russian economy and society. Heiko Schrader is an economist and sociologist. His present position is Professor for Sociology at the University of Magdeburg and Visiting Professor for Social Anthropology at the State University of Saint Petersburg. He published extensively on development sociology and social anthropology." -- Contents: Introduction; 1. On Pawnshops: - The Institution - The Customers - The Origin of Pawnshops; 2. The History of Pawnshops in Russia and Saint Petersburg: - Development of the Lombard Market in Russia and Saint Petersburg before the Revolution of 1917 - Soviet Lombard Houses as an Element of "Household Service of the Population" - After Perestroika - Lombard Houses in Moscow; 3. The Present Lombard Landscape in Saint Petersburg: - Lombard Market - A Brief Description of Different Lombard Houses - Pawning Regulations - Test Pawning; 4. Data Analysis of the Questionnaires: - Preliminary Remarks - Demographic Data of the Respondents - Demographic Data of the Partners - Household Structure and Income Situation - Household and the Lombard House - Summary of the Questionnaire's Findings; 5. Guided Deep Interviews with Lombard Customers: - Precarious Life Situations - Practical Side of Using Lombard Services - Initial "Complexes" and Stereotype Views of a Lombard and Getting Adapted to Using its Services - Changes in the Informants' Financial Standing; 6. Analysis of the Interviews of the Directors of Three Lombard Houses: - Preliminary Remarks - Companies' History and Present Condition - Objectives of the Lombards - Directors' Relation to One Another and Other Lombard Firms - Clientele - Influence of the Crisis of August 17, 1998 on Lombard Business and the Clients; 7. The History of a Pawnshop and Its Chairman's Biography: - Basic Information - Biography of Nikolai V. Bobrov and United Lombard - United Lombard Franchising System - Buy-and-Sell System - Technical Equipment, Accounting and Advertisement - Perspectives of the Company - Comments; 8. The Interregional Pawnbrokers Association in Russia; 9. Summary and Conclusion; Appendix; Literature: - References in English and German Language - References in Russian Language, Lit Verlag, 2000, 2.5<

2000, ISBN: 3825851095

[EAN: 9783825851095], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 0.0], [PU: LIT], Gepflegter, sauberer Zustand. Aus der Auflösung einer renommierten Bibliothek. Kann Stempel beinhalten. 768511/202, B… More...

[EAN: 9783825851095], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 0.0], [PU: LIT], Gepflegter, sauberer Zustand. Aus der Auflösung einer renommierten Bibliothek. Kann Stempel beinhalten. 768511/202, Books<