Russian Politics The Struggle for a New Order

Name: Russian Politics The Struggle for a New Order
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ISBN: 9780023880629

ISBN-10: 0023880627

ISBN-13: 9780023880629

Edition: 1997

Authors: Joseph L. Nogee, R. Judson Mitchell

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Russian Politics offers an up-to-date treatment of Russian politics in the post-Cold War era, drawn from English language and Russian sources. Praised for their clear, jargon-free, and unbiased writing style, the authors have written this book with an undergraduate audience in mind. The authors see great potential in recent political developments in the former Soviet Union, and with this book work to convey the sense of drama embodied in those changes and their impact upon the Russian people. Russian Politics focuses on presenting and analyzing long-term factors, rather than simply recounting transitory events to make this book as useful tomorrow as it is today. Russian Politics is both…

Book details

List price: $161.40
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/30/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface



The Soviet System


Development and Totalitarianism


Stalin's Dictatorship and Legacy


The Rise and Fall of Khrushchev


The Post-Stalin Political Settlement


Stagnation under Brezhnev


The Andropov and Chernenko Interludes



The Beginning of Reform


Turnover of Political Elites


Perestroika and Glasnost


The New Political Thinking


Three Turning Points



Perestroika on Trial


Economic Reform


The Yeltsin Affair and the Issue of Stalinism


The XIX CPSU Conference and Its Aftermath


Glasnost and the Nationalities


The Congress of People's Deputies


The Coercive Instrumentalities



Dissolution of the U.S.S.R


The XXVIII CPSU Congress


Between Scylla and Charybdis


Resurgence of the Right


Toward a Less Perfect Union?


The Coup


After the Coup



Russia's Politics: The Struggle for Reform


Yeltsin versus Parliament


The April Referendum


The Constitutional Assembly


The Collapse of Constitutional Order


The December Elections


The Russian Constitution


CohabitationRussian Style


Chechnya and the Renewal of Crisis



Commonwealth of Independent States


Economic Chaos


Military Fragmentation


The Black Sea Fleet and the Crimea


Peacekeeping


Institutional Developments


Prospects



Russia's Foreign Policy


Relations with the West


Russia and NATO


The Yugoslav Crisis


Relations with the Former Soviet Republics


Chechnya and the Crisis with the West



The Prospects for Democracy


Russia's Political Culture


Index