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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779074903321

Autore

Ellison Herbert J

Titolo

Boris Yeltsin and Russia's democratic transformation [[electronic resource] /] / Herbert J. Ellison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2006

ISBN

0-295-80130-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 p.)

Collana

Jackson School publications in international studies

Disciplina

947.086092

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Soggetti

Presidents - Russia (Federation)

Soviet Union Politics and government 1985-1991

Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Boris Yeltsin, Russian liberator -- Reform or revolution? Yeltsin and Gorbachev, 1987-1991. From colleagues to rivals. Yeltsin builds an opposition program and Russian base. Challenging the center. Counterrevolution and democratic revolution. Replacing the Union. Epilogue -- The politics of reform, 1991-1999. Facing Communist opposition. Conflicts over policy and constitutional structure. Blocking constitutional reform. Reform and rebellion. The new constitutional order. Parliamentary and presidential elections -- The final phase of Yeltsin's leadership : economic and political crisis. Yeltsin seeks a successor -- Building a new economy. The legacy of Gorbachev's economic reforms. The politics and economics of the Yeltsin reforms. The long struggle for agricultural reform. Yeltsin's achievement in economic reform -- The new Russia and the world. Russia and the West. Russia and East Asia. Russia and the other Former Soviet Republics. An overview of Russian foreign policy under Yeltsin. conclusion : the Yeltsin legacy.