LEADER 03619nam 22006852 450 001 9910457756603321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-139-93127-X 010 $a1-107-15478-2 010 $a1-280-41640-8 010 $a0-511-79106-2 010 $a0-511-18287-2 010 $a0-511-13906-3 010 $a0-511-14072-X 010 $a0-511-30105-7 010 $a0-511-13995-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000352420 035 $a(EBL)244422 035 $a(OCoLC)252492859 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000136548 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11155048 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136548 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10083134 035 $a(PQKB)10839277 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511791062 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC244422 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL244422 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10129062 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL41640 035 $a(OCoLC)63814469 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000352420 100 $a20141103d2005|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDemocracy derailed in Russia $ethe failure of open politics /$fM. Steven Fish$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 313 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies in comparative politics 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-61896-7 311 $a0-521-85361-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.273-302) and index. 327 $aCover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Some Concepts and Their Application to Russia; 3 Symptoms of the Failure of Democracy; 4 The Russian Condition in Global Perspective; 5 The Structural Problem; 6 The Policy Problem; 7 The Institutional Problem; 8 Can Democracy Get Back on Track?; References; Index 330 $aWhy has democracy failed to take root in Russia? After shedding the shackles of Soviet rule, some countries in the postcommunist region undertook lasting democratization. Yet Russia did not. Russia experienced dramatic political breakthroughs in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but it subsequently failed to maintain progress toward democracy. In this book, M. Steven Fish offers an explanation for the direction of regime change in post-Soviet Russia. Relying on cross-national comparative analysis as well as on in-depth field research in Russia, Fish shows that Russia's failure to democratize has three causes: too much economic reliance on oil, too little economic liberalization, and too weak a national legislature. Fish's explanation challenges others that have attributed Russia's political travails to history, political culture, or to 'shock therapy' in economic policy. The book offers a theoretically original and empirically rigorous explanation for one of the most pressing political problems of our time. 410 0$aCambridge studies in comparative politics. 606 $aDemocracy$zRussia (Federation) 607 $aRussia (Federation)$xPolitics and government$y1991- 607 $aRussia (Federation)$xEconomic policy$y1991- 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a320.947 700 $aFish$b M. Steven$g(Michael Steven),$f1962-$0970156 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457756603321 996 $aDemocracy derailed in Russia$92477874 997 $aUNINA