Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1973. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of History, March 2003. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1986. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [195]-216).

Undeniable geopolitical significance of the Russian Far East renders development of the region a matter of national priority for the entire 21st century. Enormous untapped potential of the region is not limited to the range of possibilities offered by export of its natural resources. Developing a non-resource export potential of the Russian Far East offers a way of ensuring sustainable economic growth - a key component of regional, and national, competitive capabilities. At the core of Michael E. Porter's book "The Competitive Advantage of Nations" is a model of national competitive advantage that introduces the concept of business clusters as drivers of economy. Applying Porter's analytical framework and building on recent experience of government-driven innovative cluster development in Russia, the thesis seeks to propose an economically sound model of International Medical Education Cluster for the Russian Far Eastern Federal District. The cluster will support Russia's engagement with Asia and complement one of the world's largest and fastest growing industries - that of healthcare - by addressing one of its most acute needs, namely the growing worldwide shortage of healthcare personnel. The proposed model capitalizes on federal policy of internationalisation of Russian higher education,...

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橫亙百餘年之久的俄屬遠東黃禍論已成為某種或然性規律，不但是俄羅斯與中國兩國的兩難困境，更是彼此關係的潛在負面變數。 為此，本研究以理性主義初探當代黃禍何以復萌，繼而再以建構主義反向解構促使其復萌之俄中關係以及俄國內部中央與地方的互動，此雙重觀念結構之身份與利益的聯繫，以揭示黃禍恐懼的本質和深層原因，從而對其發展趨勢進行中長期預測，並由此對應推導命題：跨層次習得轉化，希冀藉此發展出超越時空範疇的一般性通則，而為觀念甚於物質再增添新的研究實例。 研究發現：黃禍論必須在國際面－俄中兩國間的身份認知得到協調，在國內面－俄國內部以及遠東區當地俄人和中國人之間也必須要趨近，黃禍疑懼才有可能消弭。然而，從黃禍的建構過程可知，俄中兩國的「世代友好，永不為敵」尚未真正到位，俄國內部促成黃禍的離心傾向也仍舊存在。各造屬性若未能調和，黃禍仍將持續地與其所依附存在的雙重結構交錯建構，而其成因亦可能經社會化代代相傳。但遠東區俄人在與中國人互動多年後，其若干特質及行為方面意外地逐漸與中國人趨同，此有可能補足俄國內部欠缺的自下而上建構作用。此外，世代交替亦為俄羅斯再起的希望，俄中兩國的差距若能弭平，黃禍自亦消弭於無形。

Studies of the role of East-West trade in Soviet economic development often assume that Siberia and the Far East play an important role in trading relations, but few studies have examined the extent of that role and the relationship between trade and economic development within the region. This study addresses two interrelated questions: firstly, what is the role of Siberia and the Far East in trade with the West, and secondly, what is the role of East-West trade in Siberian development. Regional trade participation data are not available. The study therefore examines the composition of Soviet trade with the West and the industrial structure of the Siberian economy, in order to deduce the extent of regional participation in trade. Soviet exports to the West are dominated by natural resources, while imports from the West comprise machinery and equipment, manufactured goods and agricultural products. Analysis of the Siberian economy reveals a specialisation in the production and processing of natural resources. Estimates of export participation show that since the late 1970s the region has become the Soviet Union's most important source of foreign currency. Imports of Western technology are shown to play an important part in natural resource production and in the creation of Siberia's Territorial-Production Complexes. In many instances compensation agreements tie the use of imports to export production. Overall the value of Siberian exports exceeds the cost of imports of Western technology, so that the region generates a sizeable foreign currency surplus. In conclusion, a simple model of the trade and development process is presented which relates the pattern of foreign trade participation to the process of regional development. The impact of Western imports is felt mainly in the European core region where they provide additional resources to feed the population and renovate the industrial base; the impact of exports to the West is felt mainly in Siberia and the Far East where they increase demands for natural resource production. Thus, East-West trade serves to perpetuate the existing core-periphery pattern of Soviet regional development. / Arts, Faculty of / Geography, Department of / Graduate

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