Between Dictatorship and Democracy: Russian Post-Communist Political Reform

by Nikolaaei Petrov, Michael McFaul, Nikolay Petrov, et al.

Book Overview

For hundreds of years, dictators have ruled Russia. Do they still? In the late 1980s, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev launched a series of political reforms that eventually allowed for competitive elections, the emergence of an independent press, the formation of political parties, and the sprouting of civil society. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, these proto-democratic institutions endured in an independent Russia. But did...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870032062
• ISBN13: 9780870032066
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A close scrutiny of the democratic reforms

Three expert scholars and associate professors combine their knowledge of modern-day Russian politics in Between Dictatorship And Democracy: Russian Post-Communist Political Reform, a close scrutiny of the democratic reforms that have been launched to change Russia's political workings in the past two decades. From a comprehensive evaluation of how Vladimir Putin's ascension has changed the course of the nation, to extensive charts and references packed with hard data, to diagrams and detailed walkthroughs of the transformations Russian government has undergone, Between Dictatorship and Democracy offers a crystal-clear picture of Russia's turbulent recent past, their changing present, and the possibilities of the future. Highly recommended for academic and political studies collections.