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 development...

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Other Authors:	Brudny, Yitzhak M. (Editor), Frankel, Jonathan (Editor), Hoffman, Stefani (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2004
Subjects:	Russland > Pravitel'stvo Geschichte 1991-2004 Politik Post-communism / Russia (Federation) Postkommunismus Politischer Wandel Russia (Federation) / Politics and government / 1991- Russland Konferenzschrift > 2001 > Jerusalem
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	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
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xii, 286 pages)
ISBN:	9780511509995
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511509995