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Russia's stillborn democracy? : from Gorbachev to Yeltsin /

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This study of the failure of democracy in Russia after the collapse of the USSR traces the origins of that failure into the Soviet era, and shows how the political elite built a system based on maximising their own power, rather than the people's.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gill, Graeme J.
Other Authors: Markwick, Roger D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Sovetskaja Associacija Meždunarodnogo Prava
Russia (Federation) > Politics and government > 1991-
Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1985-1991.
Democracy > Russia (Federation)
Political culture > Russia (Federation)
URSS > Politique et gouvernement > 1985-1991.
HISTORY > Europe > Eastern.
HISTORY > Europe > Former Soviet Republics.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Democracy
Political culture
Politics and government
Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union
Politik
Politische Kultur
Politisches System
Russland
Sowjetunion
Democratie.
Politieke hervormingen.
Pratiques politique > Russie > 1970-2000.
Democratie > Russie.
Culture politique > Russie > 1970-2000.
Russie > Politique et gouvernement > 1991-.
Since 1985
Geschichte 1985-1991.
Geschichte 1992-2000.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Reformers inheritance
  • The attempt at liberalization
  • From reform to transformation
  • The struggle for a hegemonic presidency
  • A debilitated president
  • A stunted civil society.