Restructuring Post-Communist Russia

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Restructuring Post-Communist Russia
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Yitzhak Brudny
Edited by Jonathan Frankel
Edited by Stefani Hoffman
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:304
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
ISBN/Barcode 9780521101202
ClassificationsDewey:320.94709049
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 3 Tables, unspecified; 4 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 12 February 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the question of 'whither Russia?' has been the source of ceaseless speculation both at home and abroad. In search of answers, twelve highly qualified scholars examine the complex interplay between continuity and change that has marked developments in Russia under the leadership first of Boris Yeltsin and now of Vladimir Putin. Analsying the recent past, they also peer into the country's future. In his introduction to the volume Peter Rutland asks whether we are witnessing the gradual entrenchment of parliamentary democracy, the slow return to autocracy or mere political stagnation. Restructuring Post-Communist Russia poses the fundamental questions while providing the information and analysis needed to give the (at least, preliminary) answers.

Reviews

"All chapters are written by experts in their fields, including such intellectual giants as Theodore Friedgut and Marshall Goldman. Highly recommended." C. Marsh, Baylor University