The rhetorical rise and demise of "democracy" in Russian political discourse: Volume 2 The promise of "democracy" during the Yeltsin years

Post-Soviet Russia in the 1990s saw a surge in civic participation. The traditional power structure officially relinquished control of political rhetoric and a nascent civil society had begun to emerge. Free elections and political partisanship between reformist and conservative elements of Russian...

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Hauptverfasser: Williams, David Cratis 1955- (VerfasserIn), Young, Marilyn J. 1942- (VerfasserIn), Launer, Michael K. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boston Academic Studies Press 2022
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Zusammenfassung:Post-Soviet Russia in the 1990s saw a surge in civic participation. The traditional power structure officially relinquished control of political rhetoric and a nascent civil society had begun to emerge. Free elections and political partisanship between reformist and conservative elements of Russian society, spurred on by Russia’s economic troubles, gave a "Wild West" tenor to public rhetoric that was reflected in the election campaigns of 1993, 1995, and 1996. In this volume, the authors examine, through a series of contemporaneously written essays, the arc of government rhetoric during the height of media freedom, the quest for a new national identity, and the struggle for self-government.
Beschreibung:lvi, 411 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781644696507