Between Dictatorship and Democracy - Russian Post-Communist Political Reform (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)

For hundreds of years, dictators have ruled Russia. Do they still? In the late 1980s, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev launched a series of political reforms that eventually allowed for competitive elections, the emergence of an independent press, the formation of political parties, and the sprouting of civil society. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, these proto-democratic institutions endured in an independent Russia. But did the processes unleashed by Gorbachev and continued under Russian President Boris Yeltsin lead eventually to liberal democracy in Russia? If not, what kind of political regime did take hold in post-Soviet Russia? And how has Vladimir Putins rise to power influenced the course of democratic consolidation or the lack thereof? "Between Dictatorship and Democracy" seeks to give a comprehensive answer to these fundamental questions about the nature of Russian politics.

General

Imprint:	Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2004
First published:	March 2004
Authors:	Michael McFaul • Nikolai Petrov • Andrei Ryabov
Dimensions:	288 x 152 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	386
Edition:	Illustrated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-87003-206-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
LSN:	0-87003-206-2
Barcode:	9780870032066

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