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Lynn Nelson , PhD
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Professor and Coordinator of International Studies

PhD, Ohio State University, 1972

Email - lnelson@vcu.edu
Phone - 804.827.0160
Fax - 804.828.0127

Office - Lafayette Hall, Rm. 106
312 N. Shafer St.
Richmond, VA 23220

Personal Website

Lynn Nelson began studying economic reform in the Soviet Union at the time that landmark changes were accelerating under Mikhail Gorbachev, and his ongoing research since that period has centered on the subject of Russian political and economic change. Nelson's publications include Radical Reform in Yeltsin's Russia : Political, Economic and Social Dimensions , with Irina Y. Kuzes (M.E. Sharpe, 1995); Property to the People: The Struggle for Radical Economic Reform in Russia , with Irina Kuzes (M.E. Sharpe, 1994); and articles in Western and Russian journals. He is currently writing The Politics of Interests in Post-Soviet Russia . Nelson's work has been featured in a variety of news reports, including interviews with Cable News Network, PBS, National Public Radio, ABC... Extended Biography

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