Russia's stillborn democracy? [electronic resource] : from Gorbachev to Yeltsin / Graeme Gill and Roger D. Markwick.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000Description: 1 online resource (x, 280 p.)ISBN: 9780191599347 (ebook) :; 0191599344 (ebook) :Subject(s): Democracy -- Russia (Federation) | Political culture -- Russia (Federation) | Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991- | Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991Additional Physical Form: Print version 9780199240418DDC classification: 947'.086 LOC classification: JN6695Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This study of the failure of democracy in Russia after the collapse of the USSR traces the origins of that failure into the Soviet era, and shows how the political elite built a system based on maximising their own power, rather than the people's.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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This study of the failure of democracy in Russia after the collapse of the USSR traces the origins of that failure into the Soviet era, and shows how the political elite built a system based on maximising their own power, rather than the people's.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.