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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784275703321

Autore

Garcelon Marc <1958->

Titolo

Revolutionary passage [[electronic resource] ] : from Soviet to post-Soviet Russia, 1985-2000 / / Marc Garcelon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, PA, : Temple University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-281-09394-7

9786611093945

1-59213-363-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Collana

Politics, history, and social change

Disciplina

947.086

Soggetti

Political culture - Russia (Federation)

Political culture - Soviet Union

Perestroì†ka

Democracy - Russia (Federation)

Intellectuals - Soviet Union

Soviet Union Intellectual life 1970-1991

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

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-301) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Acronyms and Russian Terms; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Passages; 1 The Specialist Rebellion in Moscow and the Genesis of a Revolutionary Situation; 2 The Rise of Democratic Russia; 3 Democrats on the Offensive; 4 August 1991 and the Decline of Russia's Democratic Movement; 5 Interregnum; Appendix: English Translation of Russian Questionnaire Used in the Survey in Chapter One; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Revolutionary Passage is a cultural, social, and political history of Russia during its critical period of transformation at the end of the twentieth century. Marc Garcelon traces the history of perestroika and the rise of Vladimir Putin, arguing that the pressure Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms put on the Soviet system gave birth to movements for democratic change. He also shows that the very political



arrangements that prompted the fall of Communism also killed hopes for subsequent reform. At the turning point of this political revolution stood Democratic Russia, or DemRoss