Russian Politics: Challenges of Democratization

Zoltan Barany and Robert G Moser (Editors)

ISBN 10: 0521805120 / ISBN 13: 9780521805124

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 2001

A propos de cet article

260 pages. (SL#144).

N° de réf. du vendeur SB2252

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Russian Politics: Challenges of Democratization
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date de parution: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521805120
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521805124
• Reliure: Soft cover
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Russian

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Synopsis

First published in 2001, this book assesses five crucial political arenas during the Yeltsin era.

Présentation de l'éditeur

What went wrong in Russia's decade-old post-communist transition? A group of leading young scholars answer this question by offering assessments of five crucial political arenas during the Yeltsin era: elections, executive-legislative relations, interactions between the central state and the regions, economic reforms, and civil-military relations. All of the contributors recognize that adverse historical legacies have complicated Russian democratization. They challenge structural explanations that emphasize constraints of the pre-existing system, however, and concentrate instead on the importance of elite decisions and institution-building. The authors agree that elites' failure to develop robust political institutions has been a central problem of Russia's post-communist transition. The weakness of the state and its institutions has contributed to a number of serious problems threatening democratic consolidation. These include the tensions between the executive and the legislature, the frail infrastructure for successful market reform, and the absence of proper civilian control over the armed forces.